STUST and Silks Place Tainan held a signing ceremony at STUST on the 5th of August for the establishment of STUST Silks Place Tainan Elite School and Industry-University Cooperation Agreement. In the company of school executive, President Deng-maw Lu of STUST attended the meeting with Jing-wen Li, Vice President of Southern Region of International Hotel Group and General Manager of Silks Place Tainan, in witness to the establishment of STUST Silks Place Tainan Elite School. The guests at the meeting were deeply impressed by the high-quality hospitality and entrepreneurship education of STUST Future Small Bosses Training Program.

【A group photo at the Press Conference of “Cultivating Future Small Bosses” offered by STUST and Silks Place Tainan Elite School】

Silks Place Tainan is located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City. It is an international business resort hotel under the Regent International Hotel Group. Silks Place Tainan not only transforms the image of Tainan Confucianism into its design elements, but also integrates Fujian-style architectural features into the hotel itself. For the full integration of catering technology and local humanities in the daily life of the hotel, "Little Chef Adventures" and "Marco Polo Travels to the East" have been launched successively, presenting 3D projection immersive experience dinner party, nostalgic superstar old song dinner party, Fucheng Burger Festival, and many other ideas that go beyond the design of past hotel activities. The hotel uses robot Jingbao and intelligent customer service Shiaomeixi to facilitate the convenience of guest rooms with emerging technology. In addition, the strategic alliance with brand automobiles has extended and activated Tainan's characteristic tourism. Recently, it has created a cloud-based butler service for luxury residential communities and planned a life-style course, marking a new milestone for Taiwan's hospitality industry.

【STUST President Deng-maw Lu was delivering a speech at STUST and Silks Place Tainan Elite School—Cultivating Future Small Bosses Press Conference.】

STUST and Silks Place Tainan have established a long-term partnership in the form of STUST and Silk Place Tainan Elite School—Cultivating Future Small Bosses, including teachers' industry-university cooperation projects, corporate internships, project managements, entrepreneurial planning, industrial practice introduction courses, etc. Silks Place Tainan Professionals, by an integration with courses at STUTS, promotes practical teaching in the hospitality industry across different fields, strengthens students' entrepreneurship and employability, and helps them face the workplace and entrepreneurial environment after graduation with better more competitiveness.

【Jing-wen Li, Vice President of the Southern Region of Regent Group and General Manager of Silks Place Tainan, was delivering a speech at the TUST and Silks Place Tainan Elite School—Cultivating Future Small Bosses Press Conference.】

Jing-wen Li, Vice President of the Southern Region of Regent International Hotel Group and General Manager of Silks Place Tainan, said that the Elite School, which has cooperated with the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management of STUST, hopes to contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship education in the hospitality industry. It also encourages students to continuously learn and invest in themselves. On the other hand, she also leads the hotel executives to share practical experience with future generations of hospitality elites.

【President Deng-maw Lu of STUST (left) and Jing-wen Li (right), Vice President of the Southern Region of Regent Group and General Manager of Silks Place Tainan (right), signed the industry-university cooperation agreement.】

Deng-maw Lu, president of STUST, said that under the impact of the pandemic, the environment of the hospitality industry has undergone many changes, and micro-entrepreneurship has become the mainstream of the future industry. It is hoped that through this cooperation at TUST and Silks Place Tainan Elite School—Cultivating Future Small Bosses, students would have a deeper understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship in the hospitality industry, so that students who are interested in starting a business can start their own businesses early. Under the promotion of the Elite School, more high-quality talents for innovation and entrepreneurship in the hospitality industry can be cultivated.

【Chef Yi-cheng Lai of Silks Place Tainan was instructing students to make great dishes on the spot.】