07/03/2026
๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The Sorsogon State University (SorSU), through its College of Business and Management (CBM), in partnership with the Sorsogon Provincial Tourism, Culture and Arts Office (SPTCAO), successfully conducted the 1st Sorsogon Tourism & Hospitality Convention and National Skills Competition on March 6, 2026, at the Sorsogon Provincial Gymnasium, Capitol Grounds, Sorsogon City.
The activity aimed to provide a venue for discussions on current developments in the tourism and hospitality sector and an opportunity to demonstrate relevant industry skills through various competitions.
With the theme โSOAR: Shaping Opportunities and Advancing Readiness in Tourism and Hospitality, the program formally commenced with welcome remarks from SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, followed by an inspirational message from Mr. Bobby Gigantone (Head, SPTCAO).
In her message, President De Jesus said, โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข-๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ.โ
Four plenary sessions were held during the convention. Dr. Harold B. Bueno (Dean, Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Far Eastern University, Manila) discussed โHospitality 5.0: Greener Practices While Integrating Technology and Human Touch in Guest Experienceโ. Mr. Marvin Felix C. Huidem (Former Seafarer/Administrative Officer I, Magallanes National Vocational High School) presented โCruise Tourism and Hospitality: Unlocking Sea-Based Opportunities for Careers and Destination Development.โ
The third session, โBrewing Careers, Mixing Opportunities: Pathways in F&B Industry,โ was delivered by Mr. Ricardo A. Esquivel S. (Resort Administrator, GilMar Casa de Descanso), and the final session, โCulinary Tourism and Food Innovation: Elevating Local Filipino Flavors to Global Standards,โ was presented by Mr. Alexander Victorio Molet (Chef, Sorsogon City).
Alongside the convention, the National Skills Competition was conducted to highlight the abilities of students in tourism and hospitality-related areas. The competition categories included Latte Art Competition, In-flight Attendant Simulation, Flairtending, Live Travel Vlog, Travel Brochure Design, and Culinary Champion. The event concluded with the awarding of winners in the different competition categories.
A message of gratitude was delivered by Dr. Ma. Claire M. Dicen (Dean, CBM). By hosting this pioneering event in Sorsogon, the ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ highlights its focus on tourism and hospitality education and showcases the provinceโs development as a key tourism and learning destination in the Bicol Region. (SorSU PIO)