{"id":49103,"date":"2022-07-21T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/hospitality-academy-launched-20220719\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:53:42","slug":"hospitality-academy-launched-20220719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/hospitality-academy-launched-20220719\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality academy launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wild Coast Sun has launched an academy, focusing on providing world-class training and skills development across the hospitality, gaming and food services sectors, in a first for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wild Coast Academy opened its doors on July 11 and will run in conjunction with the International Hotel School (IHS) and Summit, which develops specialised course curriculae for various industry sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Wild Coast Sun general manager, Peter Tshidi, the 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