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Antonis Charalambides

President - COTHM
International Hospitality Educator

“ Choosing a career can be made easy simply by applying three fundamental principles.

ONE, you must be satisfied that there will be employment opportunities at the completion of your education and training.

TWO, that there will be very real prospects for future advancement. &

THREE, that the nature of your career is personally fulfilling and rewarding. Hospitality & Tourism offers all the above in abundance. "

Ahmed Shafiq

Executive Director
COTHM-PAKISTAN

“ We, at COTHM are committed to serve the Pakistan Tourism and Hotel Industry by producing world class professionals through education and rigorous training.”

Robert L. Steele III, CHA
President and Chief Operating Officer
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute

“ The American Hotel & Educational Institute is committed to providing the very best educational and training materials and services available to our industry and to hospitality management students around the world. The Educational Institute has long been active in hospitality education in many parts of the world, particularly in the Asia. El is honored to contribute to the education and professional development of Pakistans future hospitality professionals through our academic partnership with the College of Tourism & Hotel Management.“

Dr Alistair Somerville-F ord FTS
Chairman, Institute of Commercial Management

"The Institute has full confidence in the professional training standards demonstrated by COTHMs lectures and staff can confirm that the practical food training programs offered by the institution meet the international standards expected by hospitality and catering industry employers. ICMS accreditation of the Culinary Arts Programs in Pakistan has enabled COTHMs graduate to secure employment both locally and internationally and I have no doubt that COTHM will continue to provide the highest standards of practical food training for those seeking employment in the hospitality sector."

Gissur Gudmundsson

WACS President

" The World Association of Chefs Societies mission is to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global cuisines. We accomplish these goals through education, training and professional development of our international membership. I am extremely glad that our colleagues in Pakistan are dedicated to work on improving education and opportunities for your young people to enter into our profession. Through College of Tourism & Hotel Management (COTHM) in Pakistan this will be possible and through WACS you will have the opportunity to be internationally recognised by taking part in our education program. As much as we must honour our past with teaching our young chefs the basic in cooking. We must be up-to-date with culinary standards from around the world and with the network that the Chefs Association of Pakistan has through WACS. They will have all the opportunities to enforce this in COTHM. I like to congratulate you all for the commitment to our profession."

Drs.Cees van der Klip
President of Eurhodip

" It was a very good choice to become a member of the leading hotel schools of Europe.
This membership will benefit the quality of COTHMs programs and creates possibilities to operate in an international context were students can meet others students in a diversity of 150 members schools in 35 countries. So the process of globalization gives COTHMs students and the global hospitality and tourism industry. Eurhodip focuses on supporting and promoting high quality education for the benefit of members school and in general the global hospitality and tourism industry. Eurhodip guarantees a high quality support, based on the latest insight in global hospitality and tourism education. COTHM it is excellent to have you in our team!."

Simon Cleaver Chairman
Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality

"The confederation of tourism & Hospitality (CTH) is pleased to work with college of Tourism & Hotel Management (COTHM), Pakistan. At CTH, our core mission is to provide the gold standard of qualification for the hospitality and tourism industries and we achieve this through robust quality control. CTH is a member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) and is recognized by employers, university and government authorities including the Uk government regulator, Ofquoal. Leading sectorial organization such as guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC), virgin Atlantic Airways, and Star Alliance work with CTH on our professional skills programs, While our management programs lead to final year bachelors and masters degree with many British and International Universities."

Ahmed Zaheer

Director
International Development

"We are dedicated to maintaining excellence in the hospitality education through a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge which inculcates within the students an inspiration, passion and sense of responsibility as professionals in the hospitality industry. "