AAHRME
MMI
As we celebrate the 23nd Anniversary, AAHRMEI Looks back to its humble beginning when a group of 22 deans and faculty members met to establish what is now composed of more than 5,000 strong members, individuals, and institutions combined.
Twenty-two years ago Dr. Sylvia S. Ama, then the Director for Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management of DLSU-College of Saint Benilde and Dr. Gloria Baken Wong-Siy, conceived the importance of an organization to look into the concerns of Administrators to handle Hotel and Restaurant Management and other related programs.
This idea came into reality in February 2001 when Dr. Siy was asked to join the trip to Singapore to evaluate the performance of a 3rd training partner together with the CHED-NCR Director, Dr. Amelia A. Biglete who was impressed with the effect of the training abroad.
Thus, she instructed Dr. Siy to come up with a strong organization that could help CHED monitor the implementation of the International Practicum Training Program guidelines so that this program could be sustained. Inspired with this idea, Dr. Ama and Dr. Siy worked on the Constitution and By Laws with the assistance of Dr. Adela J. Ruiz and called for an organizational meeting on February 24, 2001.
Their expectation of at least 5 participants was exceeded when 22 energetic and enthusiastic administrators supported the idea of coming up with an organization of deans, heads, and coordinators of HRM, Tourism, Food Technology, Nutrition, Home Economics and other related programs to advance and address the concerns affecting them on February 24, 2001.
The CHED-NCR Director, Dr. Biglete called for a meeting on February 28, 2001 to present the report on the Singapore visit and to address the concerns of different schools. During the workshop. Dr. Siy, the elected president, requested that the AAHRMEI officers be inducted at the end of the activity. Since then, AAHRMEI worked hard and has lived to its objective of supporting CHED, TESDA, DOT, and other goverment agencies in order to pursue quality and excellence in hospitality education. It has extended its effort by establishing linkages abroad to gain recognition for the hospitality and tourism education in the Philippines.
With its motto "Learn and Share" to achieve quality and excellence leaderhip in hospitality and tourism education, AAHRMEI marches on!
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AAHRMEI
2ND INTERNATIONAL AND THE PHILIPPINES 23RD NATIONAL CONVENTION
SEOUL
South Korea