Events
RIT Dubai has arranged a series of educational seminars throughout the year. The seminars will be held on RIT premises in Dubai.
You will have the opportunity to listen to experts in their fields on various current important topics.
Keep checking back to find out what seminars will be posted.
Past Events
Event: Medical Tourism - Creating Destination Competitiveness
Date: Tuesday January 17th
Speaker: Richard "Rick" M. Lagiewski
Rick Lagiewski is a Senior Lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. He has been teaching at RIT's Hospitality and Tourism Management Department in the School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation since 2001. Mr. Lagiewski's research and teaching interests include: destination development, resort management, tourism in transitional economies, organizational change and creating service competitiveness through creative practices. He led a project for the East West Institute on cross-border institution building for tourism between Bosnia, Montenegro and Croatia. Over the last seven years Rick has been an active scholar in delivering papers at the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators (EuroCHRIE) conference in such locations at; Turkey, France, Greece, Finland, Netherlands and Dubai. Topics have ranged from issues relating to medical tourism, experiential marketing and public private efforts in tourism development.
Description of Seminar:
- This seminar will introduce attendees to the field of medical tourism. A review of medical tourism drivers and challenges within the distribution channel will be covered. The question of what tourists seek when selecting a destination will is also presented. Lastly, how the UAE can further its efforts to increase medical tourism will be proposed.
- This seminar will introduce attendees to the field of medical tourism. A review of medical tourism drivers and challenges within the distribution channel will be covered. The question of what tourists seek when selecting a destination will is also presented. Lastly, how the UAE can further its efforts to increase medical tourism will be proposed. This will be accomplished through a team activity using current innovation strategies employed in Dubai.
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Upcoming School Visits:
- Jan 11 – 9:00 – 12:00 PM – fair at International Academic School - Dubai
- Jan 11 – 11:30 – Presentation at Indian School – Ajman
- Jan 15 – 11:00 AM - Presentation Liwa International School (Al Ain)
- Jan 16 – 10:00 AM – Presentation Sheikh Khalifa Pakistani School (Abu Dhabi)
- Jan 16 – 1:00 PM – Presentation at Int'l School of Choueifat at Khalifa City
- Jan 17 – 10:30 – Al Rawafed Private School (Abu Dhabi)
- Jan 17 – 12:30 – presentation at Glenelg School Al Ruwais
- Jan 19 – 9:00 – 12:00 PM – Fair at Al Maarifa International School
- January 22 – 10:00 AM – Counselor Meeting at Al Dhafra Private school
- January 24 – 8:00 AM – Fair at Cambridge International School
- January 24 – 9:00 AM – Fair at Sharjah American International School – Sharjah
- January 29 – 8:30 – 9:00 AM – Presentation at Al Yasmina School – Abu Dhabi
- January 29 – 10:00 AM – Presentation at Al Rawafed Private School – Abu Dhabi
Open Day Session & TOEFL:
Join us once a month on a Saturday during our Open Day to get more information on our programs, tour the campus, meet with our professors, and speak with current students and alums on their experiences at RIT's Dubai campus. In addition, if you did not complete the TOEFL exam, why wait- take the TOEFL exam at RIT Dubai during Open Day. Registration for the TOEFL exam is required. Call or Register online : 04 371 2000. There is an exam fee of 450 AED.
TOEFL / Open Day 11-2pm
Fairs and Exhibitions in UAE:
International Travel:
- USEG Tour: FALL
- Lebanon October 4th
- Dammam October 8th & 9th
- Kuwait October 11th
- Education & Career: FALL
- Azerbaijan October 6th – 8th
- Education USA Fair : FALL
- Astana, & Atyrau, Kazakhstan November 12th – 16th
- EGYPT SPRING SCHOOL VISITS TOUR
7th – 9th March 2012 Egypt Fair (Cairo): (3,300 USD- hotel for 4 nights, lunches
7th , 8th , 9th : Am school visits/ Fair 4-8 or 5-8: w/o hotels = 2,500 USD); Fairmont Hotel/Marriott Hotel 202 272 83 000
- DAWN PAKISTAN SPRING TOUR
- Islamabad: February 5th & 6th (11am – 7pm)
- Lahore: February 8th & 9th
- Karachi: February 11th & 12th
- Education USA Spring Tour
- Pakistan Tour:
Colombo, Dhaka, Kabul, Kathmandu, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad
- March 30th – April 17th 2012
- Univassist
- February 5th – 14th : Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Dehradun
- ISN TOUR 2012 : SPRING
Chennai, India: February 10, 2012
Mumbai, India: February 12, 2012
Ahmedabad, India: February 14, 2012
Amman, Jordan: February 16, 2012
- Linden Tour 2012 : SPRING
- Hyderabad, India
Visiting: Monday, February 20 to Wednesday, February 22
University Fair: Tuesday, February 21
- New Delhi, India
Visiting: Thursday, February 23 to Saturday, February 25
University Fair: Saturday, February 25
- Mumbai, India
Visiting: Sunday, February 26 to Monday, February 27
University Fair: Sunday, February 26
- Bangalore, India
Visiting: Tuesday, February 28 to Thursday, March 1
University Fair: Tuesday, February 28
- Kathmandu, Nepal
Visiting: Thursday, March 1 to Saturday, March 3
University Fair: Friday, March 2
- Expat Woman Event
- USEG SPRING TOUR
- Almaty, Kazakhstan: March 14th
- Karaganda, Kazakhstan: March 16th
- Dubai, UAE: March 19th (count as free)
- Muscat, Oman: March 21st
- Amman, Jordan: March 26th
- IETEX Spring Saudi Tour
- April 17th – 21st : Riyadh Saudi
- Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center
- GHEDEX SPRING MUSCAT FAIR: (registered Dec 11th)
