“Vistula Compasses 2023” Awards Gala. We know the winners of the great competition for graduates of Vistula School of Hospitality
Vistula School of Hospitality awarded its best graduates. This year’s winners of the “Vistula Compasses” competition were announced on March the 30th during the gala accompanying Global Meetings Industry Day 2023. In the Manager category the winner is Mateusz Lewandowski. In the Entrepreneur category Agata Pemberton and Dominika Polus-Dąbrowska were awarded. The event was held under the honorary patronage of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, Andrzej Gut-Mostowy.
The “Vistula Compasses” awards were presented for the fourth time. Vistula School of Hospitality honors in this way its best graduates who have achieved significant success in the professional field related to the broadly understood hospitality, working in sectors such as: tourism, HORECA, the meetings industry and sports management.
The initiator of the competition, which is held under the patronage of the Polish Chamber of Tourism, is the Business Council of the Vistula School of Hospitality, which includes entrepreneurs from the tourism industry and industry journalists.
In this year’s edition of the competition, in the Manager category, the partner of which is the Polish Hotel Industry Chamber of Commerce, the jury selected three finalists. These are: Mateusz Lewandowski, sales director for Poland, Louvre Hotels Group, Nadzeya Melnik, incentive manager at United Partners and Katarzyna Melnyk, senior convention sales manager, Crowne Plaza Warsaw – the HUB and Holiday Inn Express Warsaw – the HUB. The winner was Mateusz Lewandowski, a graduate of Tourism and Recreation programme, where he chose the Organisation and Management in Hotel and Gastronomy specialisation.
In the Entrepreneur category, the partner of which is MPI Poland, the International Association of Meeting Organisers, awards were given to Agata Pemberton, who is now a co-owner of the Kos company, European Bartender School, and Dominika Polus-Dąbrowska, a mental trainer in the company bearing her name. Both ladies are graduates of the Organisation and Management of Business Events in Tourism and Recreation programme.
The jury of “Vistula Compass” appreciated the flexibility and creativity of this year’s winners, courage, consistency, energy, and perseverance. These are the qualities necessary to survive in the industry and plan a good future.
The Vistula School of Hospitality appreciates people who are able to use the knowledge and competences acquired during their studies, who are able to communicate, notice changes and anticipate trends, and who also have passion. These are the features that distinguish the winners of the “Vistula Compass. They are the best ambassadors of the university and can show the way to others.
During the gala, the Rector’s Awards were also presented for the contribution and commitment to the implementation of the development strategy and the functioning of the University.
The 1st degree prize was awarded to: prof. Teresa Skalska, PhD, dr Joanna Kalecińska and Eng. Ewa Gondek, PhD. The 2nd degree prize was awarded to: Piotr Kociszewski, PhD, Magdalena Markiewicz and Ewa Łappa.
Congratulations!
The patron of the “Vistula Compasses” competition is the Polish Chamber of Tourism.
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