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Chairman
Mr. Masaru Yamada
yamada@felca.org

Meet the board members of Felca, President
Ms. Maura De Araujo Leao
the study travel agency peak body, maura@belta.org.br
of agents saw an after the Felca AGM.
increase in vocational
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demand in 2018 August 30 2019 at ST Alphe UK
www.felca.org
Vice President
Looking ahead Mr. Paolo Barilari
by Bethan Norris, to offer or enhancement to their business practices. info@linguenelmondo.com
Senior Editor It shouldn’t be a surprise, therefore, that those with
Welcome to the August issue the greatest support of their industry partners are the
of StudyTravel Magazine! For some ones highlighting this strategy as being behind the
businesses in the study travel industry, reason for their success. Vice President
Mr. Eren Goker
2019 has already thrown up one challenge too many In this issue we are also pleased to bring you a eren@gkredu.com
and our news pages report on an agency in Brazil guide to schools in Latin America (p36) offering a
and a secondary school in the USA that have recently range of Spanish plus courses, such as volunteering
ceased trading unexpectedly. On the same pages, we and culture - surely a good example of providers mak-
also hear of the take-over of an independent language ing the most of their region’s specifi c attractions to Treasurer
school by a chain and the expansion of premises of offer language courses with a difference. We also look Mrs. Penrapa Vudhivate
another large language school chain. at the vocational education sector (p18), which agents penprapa@pasa.co.th
All industries face their own periods of change worldwide report is growing among their student
from time to time but it is interesting to note some clients due to intense global competition for jobs. Vo-
of the words of our nominees in this year’s ST Star cational education is certainly an area that lends itself
Awards (see our special ST Star Awards supplement to innovation, being so closely aligned to real busi- Advisory Committee
Mr. Juan Manuel Elizalde
in this issue) on receiving their nominations. Many ness practices and all its needs. It is exciting to see jme@kellscollege.com
say that innovation remains the key to their success. so many new courses and partnerships being offered
Successful businesses, whether agencies or schools, in this sector as providers and potential employers
all seem to be continually looking for the next course respond quickly to demand.

CORRECTION: In the June 2019 issue of StudyTravel Magazine we published a Course Guide to language schools in Malta that offer Business English courses. One of the schools listed, am Language Studio, would like to
make it clear that they do offer hotel accommodation as this was missed off in the guide. We apologise for any confusion caused by this error. Advisory Committee
Mr. Pascal Carre
StudyTravel Magazine is the fl agship business publication for the study
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