ITS students exhibit ideas for tourism

A sports-themed and an underwater hotel were among proposed projects exhibited by final year students at the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS).

The exhibition is the launching pad for ITS students into full-time employment in the tourism and hospitality industry.

They designed projects aimed at further developing the Maltese tourism and hospitality industry while taking into account the physical and socio-cultural environment.

The projects included a proposal to build the SmartCity Hotel as an iconic architectural feat for an ideal venue to do business; building a sports-themed hotel on the site of the abandoned Empire Stadium in Gzira; using three abandoned quarries near the Hagar Qim temples to build a hotel that blends in with the environment; and an underwater hotel named "The Abyss" to serve as one the best small luxury hotels in the world offering accommodation with views under the clear blue Maltese sea.