Preah Sihanouk: A five-day hospitality and food and beverage service training course opened at the provincial tourism department on 6 October 2025, running to 10 October, to improve tourism service quality and visitor satisfaction. Provincial tourism director តាំង សុចត្តិគ្រឹស្នា, a deputy head of the tourism ministry’s vocational training department and national HOKA trainers attended. Participants were 24 food and beverage employees, nine of them women, from 20 restaurants and eateries. The source describes the course as national training-of-trainers instruction.
The tourism director urged trainees to study hospitality and food and beverage service knowledge carefully so they could better satisfy domestic and international visitors to Preah Sihanouk.
He said the course aimed to improve food and beverage and hospitality services through practical methods, group discussion, questions and feedback, and hotel-based practice. Although lasting only five days, he said it would contribute to tourism workforce development, meet present and future labour needs, and support provincial, ministry and government tourism policy.
សាំង ចន្ធូ, described in the source as a deputy head of the HOKA trainer-training department, said the programme sought to develop Cambodian tourism professionals under HOKA, international and ASEAN standards. It particularly targeted employees and professionals at tourism businesses to become HOKA trainers in the province, with private hospitality-sector participation, training and recognition of new trainers, provincial expert teams, in-company trainers and high-impact training methods.
By: Pai Sokhim
