Universidad del Magdalena

The Tourism and Hotel business Management program of the University of Magdalena is part of the academic offer of undergraduate programs attached to the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences. This program within the framework of university autonomy and from the Caribbean context forms Administrators of Hotel and Tourism Companies with qualifications, integrality and vision of sustainability. Professionals with leadership and management capacity, ethical and civic values ??and training and professional skills for the sustainable and responsible development of the Tourism Sector of the city, the region and the country in their consolidation as World Class Tourist Destinations.

In 10 years the program of Tourism and Hospitality Business Administration at the University of Magdalena will be recognized by:

• Its professionals’ leadership in the business development processes of the organizations that make up the Hotel and Tourism Sector at the local, regional, national and international levels.
• The consolidation of an academic community based on the academic and professional excellence of its members.
• The provision of a faculty and researchers qualified and recognized for their achievements and contributions to the local and regional academic and productive community in the tourism field.
• The relevance and quality of its social and community outreach programs, continuing education and advanced qualification.
• The offer and promotion of comprehensive training based on the synergy and complementarity between knowledge and practice that allow finding appropriate, relevant and sustainable solutions to the problems of the hotel and tourism sector.

The Tourism and Hotel Business Management Program arises from the need to professionalize the graduates of the Technology in Hospitality and Tourism Administration and Technology in Hospitality and Tourism Management programs at the University of Magdalena. On the other hand, the program seeks to respond to the need for professional training of employees in the tourism and hotel sector in Santa Marta and the Caribbean Region.

According to the above, in 2012 the construction of the Qualified Registration Application document before the Ministry of National Education - MEN was initiated, and at the same time, the articulation by propaedeutic cycles of the Technology Program in Hospitality and Tourism Management was requested. Once the program completed this process, in 2013, it received the qualified records and the program's offer begins under the propaedeutic cycle methodology.

During the transfer of the Tourism and Hotel Management program - Propaedeutic cycles, it keeps flourishing with the participation in events of  national and international trajectory as the Tourist Showcase of ANATO, the Meeting of Tourism and Nature, the Gastronomic Congress and the CONPEHT Pan-American Congress.

The Staff Group of the program has gradually made the program visible with the participation and support of national and international events such as the graduation ceremonies of Magdalena University, Tourism Friends Colleges, TeleWork, National Network of Practices, Erasmus Mundus, MayaNet, Unimag Science Week and the International Reality: Extreme Crossings of the Discovery Channel, among others.

In terms of national and international mobility, the program has achieved the students’ exchange, presentation of papers and professional internships in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Dominican Republic, among others. The memberships to the Pan-American Confederation of Schools of Gastronomy, Hospitality and Tourism - CONPEHT and the World Tourism Organization – WTO have launched this mobility since they are the main governing entities of tourism activity at the Pan-American and world levels.

At present, the Specialist Administrator Humberto Calabria Arrieta in support with the Administrator Arelis Aguilar Algarín directs the program.

A continuación, se presenta un cuadro cronológico de las resoluciones emitidas por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional – MEN, para el programa de Administración de Empresas Turísticas y Hoteleras, así:

A continuación, se presenta un cuadro cronológico de la normativa interna (Acuerdos Superiores y Académicos) que rigen la actividad del programa de Administración de Empresas Turísticas y Hoteleras – Por ciclos propedéuticos así:

El documento contiene el informe de Normatividad del Programa de Tecnología en Gestión Hotelera y Turística – Por ciclos propedéuticos, el cual resume aspectos como:

• Resoluciones MEN, para Registros Calificados
• Acuerdos Superiores – Universidad del Magdalena
• Acuerdos Académicos – Universidad del Magdalena.