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Situation Processes Qualifications In Hospitality And Tourism Activity, Guayaquil, Ecuador ,Brecha Entre La Actividad Turísticohotelera, Y Los Procesos De Formación Universitaria En Guayaquil, Ecuador

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  • Luisa María Herrera Rivas
  • Edwin Lucero Espinoza

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This research describes a condition of major players in the tourism-hotel business, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Specifically, we examine those responsible for senior and middle management. In both cases, there is extremely little education or training. This is somewhat surprising as Higher Education Institutes (IES) offer targeted careers as tour guides and other professions in tourism. All this occurs because of rotating schedules, which has created a gap between service industry and academia. This is based on surveys conducted on a sample of 150 employees of four and five star hotels from May to July 2015. The results show a low level of educated professionals in tourist hotels. IES can not satisfy this need in the short term to the extent that is required.

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  • Luisa María Herrera Rivas & Edwin Lucero Espinoza, 2016. "Situation Processes Qualifications In Hospitality And Tourism Activity, Guayaquil, Ecuador ,Brecha Entre La Actividad Turísticohotelera, Y Los Procesos De Formación Universitaria En Guayaquil, Ecuador," Revista Global de Negocios, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 4(8), pages 35-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:rgnego:v:4:y:2016:i:8:p:35-47
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    1. Angel Higuerey & Christian Viñan-Merecí & Zulema Malo-Montoya & Valentín-Alejandro Martínez-Fernández, 2020. "Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for Measuring the Efficiency of the Hotel Industry in Ecuador," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-18, February.

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    Keywords

    Higher Education Institutions; Tourist-Hotel Business; Senior Management; Academic Programs; Deficiencias;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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