On the afternoon of November 15, the opening ceremony of Hilton Class of hospitality management was held in CTBU. 

This is a cooperative project in partnership with Hilton World Wide. A group of students from hospitality management have been selected to the class. CTBU VP Gou Chaoli pointed out in the opening speech that, CTBU is a multidisciplinary university in western region of China, and the cooperation with the international hotel giant Hilton Worldwide is of great significance. CTBU cultivates and prepares a large number of high-quality talents through discipline and profession construction for Hilton Worldwide, in the meanwhile, Hilton offers opportunities to students of the relevant majors to improve their professional competence and develop their career, advancing the educational quality of the university in terms of cultivating practical professionals. This event starts a new phase for the cooperation between Hilton Worldwide and CTBU. In the future, CTBU students will have the opportunities to take part in various programs provided by Hilton Worldwide, such as hotel job training, headquarter internship, overseas internship and employment, trainee management, hotel high-end talent training plan and Hilton class, etc.