Mar 22, 2017 | No category
How will tourism agencies work in the future? Yamil Saman, of Ecuadorian origin and manager of a tourist agency called VIATAM, talked to the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Tourism about this topic.
Yamil recounted his beginnings in this industry in rural and community tourism, focused on groups that carried out full-day activities in well-known destinations. Today this has changed, and although there is still a niche for this more traditional tourism, young people and the new generations will seek, more than getting to know representative places, to live experiences, to make the most of their time, with multiple activities that appeal to the senses and emotions, with greater agility, more interactive, with mechanisms that allow them to share their experiences instantly on the networks.
Tourism will no longer be so mechanized or focused on heterogeneous groups of people, it will have to be personalized and part of the experience will be to meet and live with those you travel with, there will have to be differentiation in the service, which will involve greater vocation, knowledge, customer research and the possibilities of destinations, global vision, innovation, entrepreneurship and many other skills to stand out and be professionals in this industry.
Mar 17, 2017 | No category
Moisés Fuentes, studied Communication at the University of Celaya, always with his camera in tow, founded an advertising agency (50.1mmstudio) through which he has worked for brands such as Warner Music Mexico, VisitMéxico, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and his work has been published by brands such as SECTUR, Harper's Bazaar, Living & Travel, Trip Advisor, Conde Nast Traveler, Best Day, among others. Living & Travel, Trip Advisor, Conde Nast Traveler, Best Day, among others. In this interview he tells us about his experience as a graduate.
What do you currently do?
I dedicate myself practically to do what I like, I don't have a start time at work, I can go out to contemplate the afternoon without remorse of what time it might be, listen to music, go to the movies on a Monday afternoon, all that motivates me to generate ideas and make them exist through photography, audio and video for advertising purposes.
What skills do you need to be a professional in what you do?
From my point of view, to be a professional is to balance passion in what you do with responsibility; doing what you like and working on your own does not mean absence of commitments, on the contrary, to be a professional implies to fulfill yourself and those who are looking for your talent, to be persistent and to keep yourself in constant academic preparation, that marks the fine line between producing professionally or being a simple consumer.
What advantages did Uni give you in your training?
At the University I began to see things in a more objective way, I was fortunate to have teachers who influenced my desire to achieve something beyond the everyday, think big, set high goals, I remember a special teacher, Gabriel Martinez Meave, who in each class left us his passion on the blackboard and I loved it, I remember a phrase of his that I carry in my pocket every day: "you have to do things as best as possible", this phrase is as easy or as complicated as you want to interpret it.
Why study a Bachelor's Degree in Communication?
I am convinced that communication is an essential career to mediate concepts in this society, it is something like a bridge that connects the east with the west, opposite poles, looking for an understanding; with a career like this you acquire the necessary skills to land all that.
What projects do you have in the pipeline?
There are always many projects to come, but the closest one is one that will benefit many local young people who seek to be better in this that we are passionate about: photography, and we are organizing a photography workshop where several professionals will come to give workshops and lectures next March 24 and 25, 2017 here in Celaya, you can see all the information of the event on our Facebook page, it will be a pleasure to see you there.
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50.1mmstudio@gmail.com
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
With a lecture entitled "Experimental Cuisine", Chef Oswaldo Oliva addressed his presentation to the 2nd and 4th semester students of the Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy.
Chef Oswaldo Oliva is a Mexican chef who has had the opportunity to work in the most emblematic restaurants in the world: in England he worked at the Fat Duck, in Spain at chef Joan Roca's El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, which has three Michelin stars and is ranked #2 on Restaurant Magazine's list of the 50 best restaurants, and for seven years he was part of chef Andoni Aduriz's creative team at Mugaritz, which has two Michelin stars and is currently ranked #6 worldwide.
The time he has spent in these restaurants gave him the opportunity to meet and work with some of the biggest names in the culinary world such as Michel Bras, and at the same time he was able to travel and cook all over the planet.
In addition to telling the students about his experience during and after his professional studies, he offered advice on leadership and proactivity in both his culinary career and personal life.
Oswaldo Oliva is now in Mexico working on a new restaurant concept called Alelí located in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City.
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
En el Aula Virtual de la Universidad de Celaya se llevó a cabo una videoconferencia bilingüe para la Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional desde la Universidad EAN de Bogotá, Colombia.
Luis Arévalo Rodríguez, coordinador de internacionalización de Universidad EAN, dio la bienvenida a su invitada de honor, la Dra. Sally Ann procedente del Reino Unido, quien compartió su opinión acerca del BREXIT, las diversas implicaciones que este proceso puede tener en Gran Bretaña, Europa y el mundo, y como cambiarían las dinámicas de la movilidad de las personas, oportunidades de trabajo y costos de vida, solicitudes de visa y la movilidad de los estudiantes europeos e internacionales, que bajo el modelo Erasmus, pueden estudiar libremente entre los países miembros de la Unión Europea, pero posterior al BREXIT esto podría cambiar y presentar otros escenarios.
Esta videoconferencia forma parte de un programa que acerca a los mas renombrados expertos mundiales en diversos temas a nuestros alumnos, aprovechando la red de convenios que tiene la Universidad de Celaya con más de 60 instituciones en 22 países de 4 continentes.
Mar 16, 2017 | No category
International Baccalaureate students Alejandro Rocha, Luis Alejandro Paredes and Luis Ricardo Lara are the finalists who will represent the University of Celaya in the national Young Business Talents competition.
Starting from the concern to understand the operation of a company in a virtual way from their Business Management class taught by Professor Francisco Javier León, the three students accepted the challenge of playing an online portal in which they had to face decision-making, teamwork and extensive research in order to manage a real business model dedicated to the sale of creams and sunscreens.
By studying the terms presented in the simulator, holding weekly meetings in the university's computer center and constantly analyzing the production and sales of their business model, the young people managed to reach the final stage of the competition. This will take place at the National Library in Mexico City on May 12, in which the young people will participate against 75 other teams, which in turn will be divided into five final teams.
It is worth noting that this is the first time that the University of Celaya has been invited to this competition. The simulations began in mid-November, continuing even during the holiday period, and the students passed to the last stage in February. Since then they have been studying and preparing for the final phase to be held in May.
