Presentation of books created in the field of tourism, cultural heritage, language, literature and philosophy by professors of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage was held.

At this event, detailed information was given to the audience by authors about the textbook “We learn Uzbek” and “Japanese-Uzbek-English phrase book” by Professor of the “Languages” Department, J. Eltazarov, “Uzbek-English illustrated dictionary for tourists” by Associate Professor of the Department, T. Sultanov, as well as the handbook “Global Literature” by Professor of the Department of “History and Cultural Heritage”, K. Mustayev, the textbook “History of the Development of Samarkand Urban Culture” by Associate Professor of the Department M. Sidikova, the monograph “Creative thinking and dialectics of informational culture” by PhD Odil Boynazarov.

Professor R.Hoffmann, vice-rector for Academic Affairs of the university, Heads of the Departments, international students, professors and teachers of Japan International University, Turkology Research Institute of SamSU and faculty of Philology took part in the presentation.

At the end of the event, the authors presented books to the participants.

On November 3 of this year the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France Aurelia Bouchez visited the university. J.Hoffman, Vice-Rector of the university, welcomed the guest. It is known that today the relations of cooperation between Uzbekistan and France are expanding day by day. President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Samarkand, particularly his visit to our country yesterday, is a bright example of this.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France Aurelia Bouchez familiarized with the work carried out at our university to train qualified specialists in the field of tourism. The guest also considered the conditions of international level, created for in-depth study of this field by students in the recently opened International Academy of Tourism. All the conditions and opportunities created for the students in the building of the academy made a great impression on the guest. The restoration and opening of the thematic office “Silk Road” delighted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France Aurelia Bouchez.

On November 4, 2023, at 9:00 am and 11:00 am (university building room number 108) at the Scientific Seminar in the presence of Scientific Council numbered under DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 the defence of dissertations work will take place and proceed as follows:

1. Independent researcher of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Tokhtamishov Aziz Kahramonovich 08.00.17 - interdepartmental lecture on the topic “Innovative development of the tourism sector based on the cluster approach” in the specialty “Tourism and hotel activity” (economic sciences) discussion of the dissertation written for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD);

2. Alimardonova Zebuniso Mamarajabovna, an independent student of Termiz State University, 08.00.17 - written to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic “Improving mechanisms of effective use of tourism resources of Surkhandarya region” in the specialty “Tourism and hotel operations” (economic sciences) dissertations will be discussed.

On November 2 of this year, the legendary hockey player of the 80s, and today the Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Vyacheslav Fetisov visited our university. Rector of “Silk Road” University of Tourism A.Abdukhakimov met the guest of honor and had a dialogue. During the dialog they talked about the work that is being carried out in our country today in the field of tourism, about the infrastructure being created and about cooperation with the Russian state in this direction. It was noted that the number of visitors coming to our country this year has increased one more time than in previous years, and it is expected that next year this figure will amount to ten million. The attractiveness of our country in the field of tourism has not left the citizens of the Russian state indifferent. This can be seen in the number of Russians visiting our country. Also during the dialog Vyacheslav Fetisov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs, said that historical monuments, conditions created in tourism are a huge opportunity for the development of this sphere in the Republic of Uzbekistan and there are still many tasks that can be solved between the two countries. Then Vyacheslav Fetisov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs, took a close look at the activities of our university, where specialists in the field of tourism are trained, organized on the initiative of our honorable President.

Among the teams of direction coordinators and university students of Samarkand region of the Youth Union a competition “Zakovat” was organized.

According to the results of the organized competition, the team “Silk Road” of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage took the 1st place, the team “Ligeon” of Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service took the 2nd place, and the team “Gambit” of Samarkand branch of Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi Tashkent University of Information Technologies took the 3rd place.

At the end of the competition, D.Azizova, Chairperson of the Samarkand Regional Council of the Union of Youth of Uzbekistan, presented souvenirs to the winning teams.

The Department of “Tourism Management” organized a guest lecture on the topic “High level of service for guests” for students studying in the direction of “Restaurant Business Management”.

Expert - regional director of “Soft Business Group” Khurshed Khodjiev introduced students to the capabilities of the R_keeper program for automating the HoReCa industry. Students, as future restaurateurs, managers, heads of enterprises learned about the available tools for managing a restaurant, warehouse and production, and also became familiar with innovative technological solutions for organizing the efficient work of restaurant staff and managing guest loyalty. In particular, it was possible to get acquainted with an electronic menu, an intelligent event video monitoring system for the cash register area, an automatic table reservation system, a system for remote monitoring of restaurant operations, a delivery service automation system and others.

A few days left for the first large-scale event dedicated to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in the historical city of Uzbekistan - Samarkand.

Today we will analyze what CRIC 21 is and the importance of this session for the world community.

The lecturers of the department of “Tourism Management” organize practical classes with the students of our university in hotels of the world level.

Practical training for students of our university was organized in the hotel “Hilton Garden Inn” in Samarkand. Together with the general manager of the hotel Dmitry Karpov the students familiarized with the guest area, fitness center, conference halls and hotel rooms. The general manager of the hotel spoke about the responsibilities of each department, rules and goals of the hotel. There was also a presentation on “Organization of Events in Hospitality”.