69 LPU-Manila students leave for US
MANILA, Philippines - Sixty-nine students of the College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management (CITHM) of the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU), Manila campus, recently left for various US destinations to start their on-the-job experience through a US State Department-sponsored Cultural Exchange Visitor’s Program.
The students are allowed to work in any of the school’s partner establishments in the US, learn from such experience, receive a modest allowance to take care of their daily expenses, while earning academic credits for it. They will be away for three-and-a-half months.
LPU is the only internationally accredited Tourism and Hospitality Management school in the Philippines, and the almost 9,000 CITHM students at the Manila campus also make it the biggest Tourism and HRM school hereabouts.
Aside from these US partner establishments, and more than 500 deluxe local tourism and hospitality business included in its Practicum Program, the LPU-Manila campus also offers its CITHM students who may wish to train abroad, other international destinations such as New Zealand, Thailand, Guam, France, Japan, Malaysia, Spain, mainland China, Australia, South Korea, and Macau.
