The new portal of the Schools of Turismo de Portugal is already available in http://escolas.turismodeportugal.pt and presents, interactively, programmes in 16 Hotel and Tourism schools.

The presence of schools in the Internet is part of the communication campaign to be launched in April, to promote the subscriptions in schools and to establish regular contact with the community stronger.

On the website you can learn about the schools in detail, the news, watch videos of previous events and the next events agenda, consult the programmes available (including actions to the general public), or access to the information about restaurants and schools services available, and other contents that we want constantly updated.

Additionally, it is still available an application of augmented reality that allows users, in an innovative way to feel in the skin of a famous chief, manager of a luxury hotel or a manager of successful events. Under the motto "see you in the future", this application use technology of augmented reality through a camera, enabling the deployment of elements related to these professions and associate them to the users.

The website bets hevily  in the connection to social networks, providing access to content directly from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and pictures and videos available on YouTube and Flickr, respectively.

Turismo de Portugal manages 16 schools across the country - Caldas da Rainha, Douro - Lamego, Faro, Lisboa, Óbidos, Portimão, Santa Maria da Feira, Setúbal, Vila Real de Santo António, Coimbra, Estoril, Fundão, Mirandela, Portalegre, Porto, Santarém and Viana do Castelo. The schools trained in 2009, over 3,000 students and over 10,000 professionals and are considered by the employer market as a strategic partner for the training of their staff.

The programmes are certified by the Ecole Hótelière de Lousanne (Switzerland), an organization that allows greater mobility and international recognition of the students.

In 2008, 80% of Turismo de Portugal students of the Schools Network found jobs in 30 days.

The new website of the Hotel Schools of Turismo de Portugal started from a model and base design developed internally by Turismo de Portugal and attended with technological development by Javali Adsi - website - Wow Systems - augmented reality.