Greetings!

Welcome to I-CATHY, short for Institute of Catering Management and Hospitality Technology. It is a new institute in St. Scholastica’s College, Manila where the Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management program is offered. From its humble beginnings in 1975 under the School of Commerce, the department grew, and in 2005, the institute was born.

I-CATY has three mandates. First, is the offering of degree programs. Second is the offering of non-degree courses. And, third is the mandate for social ventures.

For the social ventures, the thrust is to provide institutional catering to the Benedictine community and groups affiliated with SSC. To date, it has already successfully organized and implemented thirty five (35) catering functions, some of which served 1000 guests. This school year, Café Cyilla located at the lobby of the I-CATHY wing will open for morning and afternoon snacks from Monday to Friday. Students enrolled in subjects with food laboratories will prepare and serve the guests.
 

Concepcion G. Naromal
OIC, I-CATHY

For its mandate to offer degree programs, I-CATHY envisions to add a new program to its already existing and well established BSHRM curriculum. This is a course in Travel Management. At the moment the institute is working on a ladderized curriculum to be more responsive to global requirements.

As for the non-degree courses, a diploma in HRM is also being prepared. Hopefully, this will be offered in school year 2008-2009. short courses in Baking, Bar Tending, Tour Guiding are some of the offerings being considered.

To realize these mandates, we are continually upgrading our facilities and professionalizing our faculty and staff. This semester, a fully equipped bar laboratory was constructed. With the improvements in these areas, I-CATHY is ready to meet the demands of the global market for competent hospitality practitioners.

I invite you to browse through our website and get a glimpse of who we are, our activities, our facilities, our faculty and staff and most of all, our students.