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Making lemonade

For Dusit Thani College’s new rector Frouke Gerbens, the Covid-19 crisis is all about building new foundations. Dusit Thani College

Considering education in the hospitality industry during Covid-19 raises all sorts of red flags since the tourism and hospitality sectors have come to a grinding halt across the world due to the pandemic, which first surfaced earlier this year. Thailand, particularly, has been hard hit as our tourism industry accounts for 12% of the nation’s GDP.

Following measures to contain the virus by closing the doors to visitors in April, Thailand has seen massive employee layoffs in the hospitality industry. Fast forward eight months and we are hearing talk about reviving tourism for the sake of the nation’s battered economy, however, despite Thailand’s efforts to…

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