Khalisah Stevens

Category: Feature

  • GSTC2022 training in Sevilla + Certificate

    GSTC2022 training in Sevilla + Certificate

    🤩 I’m SO stoked to announce that I received the GSTC Professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism 🌟

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    🌿 This certificate is the capstone to a wonderfully enriching experience training with other sustainable tourism professionals at the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) conference in Sevilla December 2022. I’m happy that I was able to confirm what I’ve learned in the process, in large part thanks to our kickass trainers Ramkumar and Ignacio 🙌

    Thank you CB Ramkumar and Ignacio de las Cuevas for the engaging training sessions and evening tapas, and congrats to Randy and team for hosting such a great event. This week has deepened my understanding of how to apply sustainable global standards to our industry, and I loved learning about the multitude of initiatives destinations and organisations are carrying out in their corners of the world 🥹🌍

    December 2022 was an uncharacteristically rainy time in Seville 🌧️ But the weather couldn’t put a damper on the warmth and enthusiasm of everyone I met. I’m so grateful to have heard your stories, both professional and personal, and know you have a friend for life.

    With this certificate under my belt, I’m excited to continue carrying on the work of greening our industry with more knowledge and vigour 🍀

    (Pictured: Post-training class photo, lunch with the Arab league, tapas time, the MICE criteria consultation workshop, selfies at the Real Alcazar, the GSTC team on stage, FIBES lookin’ like Al-Aqsa, night walks, Khalisah in Real Alcazar.)

  • Career Talk with the AUS INScription Newsletter

    Career Talk with the AUS INScription Newsletter

    When I was an International Relations student at AUS, I didn’t have any clear ideas on how to forge my own path or career. I didn’t know I would graduate during an economic depression and experience a second financial crisis not long after. It would have been nice to have someone to talk to, so whenever I’m asked to share my experience with students I’m excited to do so just in case it can help them in any way that might’ve been helpful for younger me.

    So when my alma mater reached out to do a feature on me for my old department’s newsletter, I was a little nostalgic about it. It feels like I was the last generation of students who did not have smartphones or social media at AUS, and the newsletters have certainly come a long way. Over email, I answered some questions and the process turned out to be a nice exercise in retrospection.

    You can read my feature below; and if you’re a student, I hope any part of this might be helpful for you too.

    INScription Newsletter

    For the full copy of the INScription newsletter, see below.

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