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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

Internship Performance of Tourism and Hospitality Students: Inputs to Improve Internship Program

Sevillia S. Felicen, Lhea C. Rasa, Jourell Edward Sumanga, Dexter R. Buted

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v4-i6/923

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Lyceum of the Philippines University educates and trains students to be competitive by providing them with applied learning opportunities that require talented workers and rank among the best in the world in terms of productivity, career, attitude and technical skills. This study aimed to assess the level of performance of the interns as a result of the evaluation by the manager or immediate supervisors of the different establishments where the CITHM interns where deployed.

The researcher utilized the descriptive qualitative design using 50 percent of the interns of second semester 2012-2013 as participants in the area of food and beverage and travel agencies. Results of the study revealed that interns have satisfactory level in academic performance. In training performance they were rated as very good in terms of knowledge, skills, attitude and personality. This study also revealed that there is no significant relationship between the academic performance and the training performance.

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