Dusit Thani Faculty (DTC), Thailand’s first and largest institute devoted to hospitality training and coaching underneath Dusit Worldwide, has taken a significant step in advancing its international enlargement by partnering with Alkhaleej Coaching and Schooling, a number one training supplier within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to deliver DTC’s fast-track Expertise Alternative Programme (TOP) to the Kingdom as its first international licence accomplice, opening the door to additional worldwide enlargement.
Designed as an reasonably priced and versatile pathway that helps expertise get educated, achieve expertise, and safe a job in six months or much less, TOP combines greater than 280 hours of intensive sensible studying with a two-month classroom section, adopted by a assured four-month internship at main four- and five-star motels throughout the Dusit Inns and Resorts portfolio and established native companions. Graduates are outfitted for entry-level roles in culinary, pastry, meals and beverage, and visitor service.
Backed by greater than 30 years of expertise delivering hospitality and vocational coaching throughout 60 studying centres nationwide, Alkhaleej Coaching and Schooling will ship TOP completely at its state-of-the-art coaching centre in Riyadh, making DTC the primary non-Swiss hospitality faculty to introduce a proper, internationally benchmarked skills-based coaching pathway in Saudi Arabia.
Alongside the core TOP programme set to launch in January 2026, Alkhaleej will supply specialised ‘TOP UP’ brief programs for baristas, concierge professionals, and luxurious service roles, in addition to B2B upskilling programmes protecting digital advertising, meals and beverage price management, housekeeping administration, OTA optimisation, pricing methods, banqueting, and HR. This ensures each people and companies have entry to focused, industry-relevant coaching options that replicate evolving market wants.
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Graduates looking for degree-level {qualifications} may also have a direct pathway to Dusit Thani Faculty’s Bangkok campus, together with its four-year BBA programmes in Hospitality Administration or Skilled Culinary Arts, offering entry to internationally recognised training at considerably extra reasonably priced charges than conventional hospitality locations comparable to Switzerland, Australia, the UK, or the US.
“Introducing our TOP programme to the Saudi Arabian market marks one other necessary step in our mission to make high-quality hospitality training accessible to all,” mentioned Dr Atthawet Prougestaporn, Rector, Dusit Thani Faculty. “By means of our partnership with Alkhaleej Coaching and Schooling, we are going to equip Saudi expertise with internationally benchmarked coaching, international publicity, sensible expertise, and the {industry} confidence wanted to thrive in a quickly evolving market. And the timing couldn’t be extra crucial, because the Kingdom’s hospitality sector is increasing at unprecedented pace.”
In line with the World Journey & Tourism Council, Journey and Tourism is ready to contribute greater than 10% of Saudi Arabia’s GDP in 2025, with employment within the sector projected to succeed in 2.7
million jobs. Because the nation accelerates its tourism transformation, demand for large-scale, high-quality coaching pathways is rising quickly, creating vital alternatives for programmes comparable to TOP to ship affect at pace.
“By licensing TOP to esteemed worldwide companions comparable to Alkhaleej, we purpose to help nationwide tourism methods, strengthen native workforces, and create significant pathways for upskilling, reskilling, and profession transitions by way of the ability of Thai-inspired gracious hospitality,” mentioned John Lohr, Government Director of Exterior Affairs, Dusit Thani Faculty. “We’re privileged and honoured to have this chance, and we’re happy to share that that is just the start. We’re already exploring a number of extra worldwide partnerships that can enable us to deliver TOP to extra locations worldwide, and we count on to announce comparable licence agreements with collaborators in key nations quickly.”
Dr. Hatem Aldryaan, Chief Government Officer, Alkhaleej Coaching and Schooling, mentioned: “This partnership displays our longstanding dedication to empowering nationwide expertise throughout the Kingdom’s most promising sectors. With greater than three a long time of expertise constructing built-in coaching ecosystems in Saudi Arabia, we’re proud to mix our native experience with Dusit Thani Faculty’s international academic excellence to ship a really impactful programme.
“TOP represents a sensible, employment-focused mannequin that immediately hyperlinks coaching with actual job alternatives. It arrives at a pivotal second for the Kingdom’s tourism and hospitality development and can play a significant position in making ready Saudi expertise to compete with confidence and global-level requirements underneath Imaginative and prescient 2030.”
The enlargement of TOP into Saudi Arabia aligns with Dusit Worldwide’s broader long-term dedication to supporting the Kingdom’s hospitality ambitions, not solely by way of training but in addition by way of strategic lodge administration agreements.
The corporate is predicted to make its lodge administration debut within the Kingdom with the opening of Dusit Princess Al Majma’ah, Riyadh, in Q1 2026 (section one).
Set to grow to be the primary internationally branded lodge in Al Majma’ah and conveniently positioned subsequent to Majmaah College close to the fast-growing Sudair Industrial and Enterprise Metropolis, the property will additional reinforce Dusit’s dedication to nurturing native expertise and contributing meaningfully to the Kingdom’s dynamic future.
