Dusit Thani College signs MoU with The Okura Prestige Bangkok, learning service cultures from multicultural environment 

22 November 2023

Dusit Thani College, Thailand’s leading higher education in hospitality businesses under Dusit International, with the lead of Dr. Atthawet Prougestaporn, Acting Rector of Dusit Thani College, has visited The Okura Prestige Bangkok, a high-end 5-star hotel originated in Japan, to sign an academic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Khun Oraya Temkasarp, Director of Human Resources of The Okura Prestige Bangkok, represented the hotel and signed the MoU at the venue. 

This MoU is made in order to enhance further collaborations in many dimensions between two counterparts in addition to current internship programs such as career opportunities for Dusit Thani College graduates, collaborative research and development, and so on. The key opportunity for the students is a chance to learn and exchange service cultures from The Okura Prestige Bangkok which is a modern Japanese hotel with distinctive services. 

The bilateral agreement between Dusit Thani College and The Okura Prestige Bangkok is a great opportunity for the college’s students to learn service providing skills with internationality and diversity under multicultural environment. 

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