On Monday August 22, 2022, Mr. Michael Nugent, Accor’s Vice President Operation Levant & Pakistan, inaugurated the newly created Room Division classroom at the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts in the presence of Regional Managers of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts and RACA’s management.

‘Wadi Rum’, the name of the classroom, is a replicate of a 5* hotel bedroom to be used as a learning tool for Room Division modules where RACA’s students are introduced to Front Office and Housekeeping functions and responsibilities of a hotel.

During the opening, Mr. Michael Nugent stated: “Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts – Jordan is very proud to support RACA’s newly opened Rooms Division mock-up classroom aiming towards advancing the students’ learning process in both the Front Office and Housekeeping Modules. It gives us great pleasure in being part of RACA’s learning module that seeks to develop youth’s competencies for occupations in the hospitality industry.”

RACA’s Director, Mr. Jacques Rossel expressed the importance of this new unit for delivering the Rooms Division courses as they highlight one of the core values of RACA which is ‘Excellence’ that brings to mind how housekeeping department takes a pride in keeping the hotel clean and comfortable. Additionally, Mr. Jacques Rossel voiced his thanks to Mr. Nugent and his team for the generous contribution of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts – Jordan toward this project.

It is worth mentioning that the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts is a Technical University College, established in 2008 following the vision of His Majesty, King Abdullah II, to raise the level of education in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector, and reorient young men and women toward education related to the technical market. RACA is an Associate Member of the Network of EHL-certified Schools and offers a Four-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Food & Beverage Management, in addition to a Two-Year Diploma in Culinary Arts.