Welcome to HOTCATT

Welcome to the Hotel, Catering, and Tourism Training Institute (HOTCATT), established in 1991 to offer the tourism industry the best human resource development opportunities in performance standards, techniques, and internationally recognized knowledge in hospitality, catering, and tourism. This will enhance Ghana’s tourism product and ensure that Ghana remains a competitive tourism destination, thereby bringing substantial socio-economic growth and sustainable development.

As tourism gains traction in Ghana and contributes to becoming the third-to-fourth largest sector in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it becomes important to build various skills and professional competencies, with practical orientation, as well as resilient and robust services for sustainable development.

From the days when HOTCATT was almost solely responsible for providing training and orientation for Ghana Airways’ crews and air hostesses, as well as most hotels and government offices, to today, more than 20,000 professionals in government hotels and guesthouses, as well as a wide range of tour guides, have proudly passed through its corridors.

The Institute is rapidly transforming to meet current competition and demands by receiving accreditation for practical courses tied to the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, as well as critical programs from the UN-Tourism. Further, this will complement the Institute’s efforts to offer On-Demand and Short Courses to various levels of professionals in hotels, culinary arts, and tour guiding, while transitioning to offer advanced professional qualifications and certificates.

Positioning HOTCATT in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector and Industry remains a significant advantage for your services. Therefore, all candidates willing to undergo proficiency, competency, professional, and practical training and skills-building are warmly welcome.

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Vision

Our Vision

To become an institution that offers comprehensive educations and skills development, world-class customer service-oriented, dynamic hospitality and tourism training institute, by emphasizing a contemporary curriculum, experiential learning and student-focused environment.

Mission

Our Mission

To offer the tourism industry the best human resource development opportunities in performance standards, techniques and knowledge (internationally recognized) in hospitality, catering and tourism that will enhance Ghana’s tourism product and ensure Ghana as a competitive tourism destination thus bringing substantial socio-economic growth and sustainable development.

Functions

Functions of HOTCATT

To develop and enhance qualified manpower in the tourism and hospitality industry.
To review and update programs to meet industry needs and global standards.
To collaborate with hotels, restaurants, and tourism operators for internships, mentorship, and job placement.
To provide training and workshops for faculty to enhance teaching and industry skills.
To expand and modernize facilities (e.g., kitchens, restaurants, hotel simulations).
To develop a robust marketing strategy to attract students and partners.
To develop a Strategic Plan and Service Delivery Standard to guide training within the sector.
To organize training for lower to middle-level staff in the tourism and hospitality industry.
To organize mobile training for lower to middle-level staff in the tourism and hospitality industry.

Values

Our Values

Together with our Vision and Mission, our core values explain who we are and what we stand
for as a hospitality and tourism training institute. The core values guide our strategies and
influence our actions. The values are as follows:
➢ Professionalism
➢ Integrity
➢ Excellence Service
➢ Competency
➢ Teamwork
➢ Trustworthy