Kathrine Camille A. Nagal

Ms. Nagal is an alumna of the University, who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management and a Master in Business Administration major in Entrepreneurship from the UST Graduate School.

She has been with the academe for almost 10 years, having experienced working in several institutions under different capacities as academic staff and as an administrator herself. Prior to her engagement with the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, she was involved in the pioneering project of Dusit Thani International to create the first fully-integrated hotel school in the Philippines and in Asia, in partnership with, and patterned after, the oldest hospitality school in the world – Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. As the academic lead for the project, she managed the program and course development for the hotel-school, and acted as consultant to other academic-related functions and departments.

She is an accreditor for the PACUCOA, a Qualified Learning Facilitator of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, a certified ServSafe Food Handler, a former ISO Lead Auditor (ISO 9001:2015), and an active member of the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP), the Philippine Association of Researchers for Tourism and Hospitality (PARTH), and the Tourism Industry Foundation Board (TIBFI).

As a full-time academic staff for the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, she handles courses in Risk Management, Strategic Management, Negotiations in Hospitality, Ergonomics and Facilities Planning, and Recreational and Leisure Management, among many others.