Protocol between Atılım University and Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center
13.12.2013

A comprehensive protocol offering students some different opportunities such as internship, part-time employment and applied training was signed between Atılım University and Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center.

Yalçın Zaim, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Atılım University, Prof. Abdurrahim Özgenoğlu (PhD), President, Prof. Hasan Akay (PhD), Provost, Prof. İsmail Bircan (PhD), Vice President, Prof. Hasan Ünal (PhD), Dean of the Faculty of Management, Prof. Nami Çağan (PhD), Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Gülhan Özbayoğlu (PhD), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Joerg Uwe Limper, General Manager at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center, Prof. İbrahim Birkan (PhD), General Manager of Turser Tourism Service & Trade Inc. and one of the professors of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, Suat Tınaz, Director of Human Resources, Ayşe Yaramanoğlu, Sales Director, Çağnur Çelikcan, Deputy Sales Director, Cem Özparlak, Training Director, Yaman Özel, Public Relations Coordinator, academic members of the Faculty of Management and students participated in the signature ceremony held on December 12, 2013 at Kuşkonmaz Restaurant.

The opening speech was made by Asst. Prof. Gonca Güzel (PhD), Chairperson of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management. After Güzel’s speech, which was mainly about the applied trainings and the internship opportunities in the tourism sector, Suat Tınaz, Director of Human Resources of Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center informed students about the importance of the protocol and the steps of the  application process. Joerg Uwe Limper, General Manager at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center strongly recommended the students that they should seize this very advantageous opportunity. Prof. Abdurrahim Özgenoğlu (PhD) drew attention to the importance of the protocol by pointing out that qualified personnel are very much needed in the growing tourism sector.

The signature ceremony took place after the speeches. Prof. Abdurrahim Özgenoğlu (PhD), President and Joerg Uwe Limper, General Manager at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center signed the protocol. A cocktail reception followed the ceremony.

The students of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management will have the opportunity to do internship and work part-time at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center which is one of the most prestigious hotels all around the world thanks to the protocol titled “Training and Cooperation Protocol”.

The applications of the course named Gastronomy and Culinary Arts will reach to a more advanced level with the contributions of Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center.

The cooperation process will offer 40 students to do a fruitful internship of 75 days, participate in applied courses and work part-time at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center which progresses every single day with its modern hotel management and quality of service. Furthermore, students from the other departments can also do an internship at Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center.