Browns Hotels and Resorts and the Berendina Employment Centre (Guarantee) Ltd. has come together to implement a Craft Level Course in Hospitality.
This program will be conducted in the English medium by way of Classroom sessions, while the practical lessons will be carried out in the respective departments located in the four hotels operated under Browns Hotels and Resorts.
The launch of the training program was held recently at the Eden Resort & Spa in Beruwela with the participation of the senior management team of Browns Hotels and Berendina Employment Centre (Gte) Ltd.
Currently, Browns Hotels operates four spectacular properties which comprises of The Eden Resort & Spa in Beruwela, Dickwella Resort & Spa in Dickwella, The Calm Resort & Spa in Passikudah and The Paradise Resort & Spa in Dambulla. The company has exciting new plans to launch many new properties including the Turtle Beach Resort in Kosgoda as well as with many expansions in the Maldives.
The Berendina Employment Centre (Guarantee) Ltd and Browns Hotels & Resorts have thus come forward to introduce a three-month training programme. 20 students successfully followed the initial craft level course at the centre. The students who were shortlisted were mainly from the Eastern Province of the country while some others were from the distant suburban regions of the island.
Students who are selected for this course are provided with meals and lodging facilities throughout the course period along with the academic and practical sessions. Berendina Employment Centre (Guarantee) Ltd is a non-profit, service and development organization operated under Berendina Development Services (BDS) which currently works in six districts.
The Group Training Manager, Deepal Gamage of Browns Hotels & Resorts,stated, “I am sure they will excel in this growing and ever evolving industry and I am confident that this training programme too will reach great heights”.
Hemantha Harischandra, General Manager of Berendina Employment Centre (Guarantee) Ltd. said, “We are indeed very happy to support the tourism industry by sustaining the youth in remote areas of Sri Lanka – specially to help them find suitable career openings through this kind of programs.”
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