THE Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association (SLHTA) in collaboration with the University of Quintana Roo (UQRoo) in Mexico, will formally launch a Language Resource Centre at the SLHTA Hospitality Training Centre, today.
At the ceremony, starting at 10 o’clock, the SLHTA and UQRoo will also sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The goal of the initiative is to help improve the performance of communication in Spanish among the staff of the numerous and diverse businesses that belong to the SLHTA, in order for them to be able to communicate in Spanish with Spanish-speaking tourists, as well as learn the specialized vocabulary in Spanish, pertaining to the different types of businesses directly and indirectly related to tourism activities.
Further to discussions with the Embassy of Mexico, Ambassador Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno is keen on a collaboration with the SLHTA as a key private sector organ for the creation of a languages lab at the current training facility.
The embassy is also keen on using the facility to encourage other embassies to teach other languages such as French, German, and Portuguese, depending on the needs of the private sector.