Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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Singer Sheila Paul passes away |21 September 2023

Nation 21 Sep 2023
Until recently a lecturer at the Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA), Sheila full of life and energy, despite of her illness, maintained high hopes that she would be healed ... Seychelles NATION expresses its heartfelt condolences to Sheila’s family and friends. Roland Duval .......
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Local students graduate from IUP Academy of Culinary Arts

Courier Express 20 Sep 2023
He received an award for excellent attendance while at the academy ... The son of Melky Saint Surin of Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a 2014 graduate of the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism ... He received the Linda Deabenderfer Scholarship and was a dean’s list student at the Academy ... She received an attendance award while at the Academy....
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Strong recovery in domestic tourism market boosts car rental orders

Shenzhen Daily 18 Sep 2023
CHINA’S car rental services have seen robust business growth thanks to a strong recovery in the tourism market ... Domestic tourist trips this summer surpassed 1.8 billion in number, generating a total tourism revenue of 1.21 trillion yuan (US$137.6 billion), according to the China Tourism Academy....
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UN reaffirms commitment to stalled 2030 global development goals

Ravalli Republic 18 Sep 2023
The U.N.'s World Tourism Organization teamed up with Spain's Instituto de Empresa to launch an online tourism academy ... The World Economic Forum found that the global travel and tourism industry lost $4.5 billion in gross domestic product in 2020 alone (along with some 62 million ......
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RCEP to promote construction of world's largest tourism economic community: report

China Daily 18 Sep 2023
GUIYANG - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement will reshape the global tourism development pattern and help build the world's largest tourism economic community, according to a report released by the International Mountain Tourism Alliance and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on Saturday....
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Xingyi welcomes global guests at mountain tourism and outdoor sports conference

China Daily 18 Sep 2023
A report on mountain tourism cooperation and development under the framework of RCEP co-compiled by International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) was released and 14 mountain and spring resorts nationally and internationally were honored as pilot models by the IMTA during the ceremony....
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China's booming travel consumption drives up car rental orders

China Daily 18 Sep 2023
BEIJING - China's car rental services have seen robust business growth thanks to a strong recovery in the tourism market ... Domestic tourist trips this summer surpassed 1.8 billion in number, generating a total tourism revenue of 1.21 trillion yuan ($137.6 billion), according to the China Tourism Academy....
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Booming travel consumption drives up car rental orders

China.dot.org 18 Sep 2023
China's car rental services have seen robust business growth thanks to a strong recovery in the tourism market ... The summer tourism market posted a strong recovery that surpassed that of 2019 ... dollars), according to the China Tourism Academy....
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China property crisis another blow to global travel

Asiatimes 14 Sep 2023
But despite the easing of pandemic restrictions – and a global tourism rebound – Chinese tourists have been slow to return to the global skies ... The China Tourism Academy predicts that domestic tourism will hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023 ... From January to April 2022, some 8,500 tourism agents and firms declared bankruptcy....
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Comms and Branding Insights: Beyond borders—-visit Rwanda’ campaign sets new PR paradigm

B & FT Online 14 Sep 2023
Rwanda announced last week that it had signed a five-year partnership with German club Bayern Munich to promote tourism in the East African country and set up a football academy ... The stage is set, the challenge clear – Ghana can script its own success story through a strategic marriage of sports, entertainment and tourism....
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Why China’s real estate crisis should make the global travel industry nervous

Caledonian Record 13 Sep 2023
The global tourism industry is rebounding – but cautious Chinese consumers are choosing to stay closer to home ... And the global tourism industry has been hit particularly hard as newly budget-conscious Chinese homeowners pare back their spending ... The China Tourism Academy predicts that domestic tourism will hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023....
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Egyptian FM discusses economic cooperation with Speaker of Equatorial Guinea's Senate

Egypt Today 12 Sep 2023
He equally underlined aspiration to implement more projects in Guinea such as establishing a diplomatic academy capitalizing on Egyptian expertise, operating direct flights, cultivating lands, expanding the tourism sector, introducing an Egyptian healthcare center, and exporting drugs and medical supplies ... ....
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Devigol festival in JK’s Kishtwar attracts over 10,000 tourists

TeluguStop 11 Sep 2023
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