Following the completion of a diagnostic assessment of the Vocational Training Corporation, Hotel &
Tourism Unit (Unit) and the 11 vocational training centers (VTC’s) providing hotel and tourism training
in February 2006, a strategic plan was developed for both the Unit and the VTC’s. A key
recommendation within the plan was the development of model centers of excellence for vocational
training in hotel and tourism. These centers would serve as a template for the development of an
internationally credible approach to training for the sector, which will later be replicated in all centers.
The selected centers for development were defined as Madaba, Abu Nussair and Aqaba.