The Initiative
Westmont Institute of Tourism & Hospitality
Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE) and Westmont Hospitality Group (WHG), a global hotel owner-operator, have come into an exciting partnership to develop and promote education in hospitality, tourism, and service management.
Through excellence, innovation, and impact at the core of its mission, the Westmont Institute for Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) will bring a unique offering by combining practical hospitality knowledge within an academic and entrepreneurial setting. WITH will be a knowledge-based platform located at the Nova SBE Carcavelos Campus to diversify the school's ecosystem by providing young professionals and executives strong skills for the future.
WITH will focus on creating and preparing the leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow, using hospitality as a function towards service excellence. WITH will also focus on developing sustainable tourism in African countries as a vital component of economic growth for developing countries.
WITH hopes to create strong global leaders who can share their knowledge locally and around the world. Aiming to develop a leading institute in hospitality and tourism in all aspects of this multi-faceted industry, WITH will provide students with knowledge and expertise to prosper and understand hospitality as a relevant purpose in so many countries many industries today.
This partnership reinforces the fundamental role that hospitality plays and how it can bring innovative approaches that will help students and professionals to act quickly and incisively.