Human Resources Europe News

March 10, 2011

The Consecration Of Abnegation And Passion

The Board of Governors and the Management Committee of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) announced the nomination of Mr Fabien Fresnel to the post of Education and Research Director on Monday, 28 February 2011. He will take up his functions on 15 March 2011. Driven by his passion for the hospitality industry, Fabien Fresnel brings to this eminently prestigious position a particularly rich and varied background, in both professional and academic areas.

EHL

Switzerland

Press Release

January 28, 2011

IMD and EHL provide a unique Opportunity to Business Owners and Top Managers in the Hospitality Industry

Two leading global institutions in management education, EHL (Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne) and IMD (International Management Development), have joined forces to develop a unique kind of training, FBH Family Business in Hospitality, a new executive programme specifically targeted at family-owned businesses and hospitality.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

External Article

November 3, 2010

France's Accor Its Replaces CEO | wsj.com

The board of French hotels company Accor SA said Wednesday it is replacing its Chief Executive, Gilles Pelisson with Denis Hennequin, CEO of McDonald's Corp. in Europe. Mr. Pelisson, who oversaw the company's split from its vouchers business, spent five years at the helm of Accor, the company behind the Motel6 budget chain in the U.S., Sofitel luxury hotels and the Novotel brand. During his stint as CEO, Mr. Pelisson restructured the company, selling off noncore assets and hotels properties, replacing them with long-term leases, and separating the highly cash-generative vouchers business into a separately listed company, Edenred.

WSJ

France

Press Release

November 2, 2010

HVS Executive Search Releases the 2010 London Hotel Salary Report©

HVS Executive Search is pleased to announce the release of the 2010 London Hotel Salary Report©. Now in its seventh year, this report includes data from 63 First Class and Luxury London hotels. Here is a snapshot of the information presented in the report:

London, United Kingdom

Press Release

August 3, 2010

Anders Ehrling is Scandic’s new President and CEO

Anders Ehrling will be taking over from Scandic’s current President and CEO, Frank Fiskers, who is moving on to become a partner in a hotel property company in London, but will continue to serve on the board and as an investor in Scandic.

Scandic

Sweden

Press Release

June 7, 2010

New General Director at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne

On 4 June 2010, Ruud J. Reuland, the departing Director of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), passed on the torch to Michel Rochat, the former General Director of Higher Education for the Canton of Vaud. After eight years spent at the helm of EHL, Ruud J. Reuland is leaving the School and hopes to take a few weeks of sabbatical leave to be spent with his family before becoming involved with new projects and challenges. Michel Rochat is looking forward to taking over the reins of the oldest hotel school and reinforcing its position of leadership on an international level.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

Press Release

December 22, 2009

Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne (EHL) Students Initiate International Event

The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne will welcome on the 28th and 29th of January 2010 students from six international hospitality schools from all around the world in order to exchange ideas and compete in a friendly manner. This event, the Young Hoteliers Summit, is organized by EHL students in collaboration with the Jumeirah Group.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

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Lighthouse

Press Release

November 6, 2009

Mr. Michel Rochat named as head of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne

The Board of Governors of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michel Rochat, currently General Director of Higher Education for the Canton of Vaud as General Director of EHL. Between 2003 and 2008 Mr. Rochat was at the head of the University of Applied Sciences Vaud, covering six specialised universities of applied sciences in the Canton, including the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD) and the University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL), and has shown proof of superior management capacities and a strong strategic vision.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

Press Release

November 5, 2009

The state of pay: U.K. Hospitality and leisure remuneration | PricewaterhouseCoopers Report

The UK hospitality and leisure sector is currently operating within some of the worst trading conditions seen for many years. During this period of instability, are there downward pressures on executive pay? Or do remuneration committees acknowledge that incentivising key individuals is essential and arguably more important during the current crisis?

PwC (UK)

United Kingdom

Opinion Article

October 20, 2009

A Breakfast Conversation with Horst Schulze, CEO Capella Hotels and Resorts, at the Hotel Schloss Velden, Austria

Retired as CEO from Ritz Carlton for one weekend, he found fishing boring and went back to work. This time he founded his own hotel group: Capella. We have researched the history and story of his first hotel: Schloss Velden in Austria.

The Most Famous Hotels in the World

Austria

Press Release

October 6, 2009

International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef • Bonn and Steigenberger Akademie open shared building in Bad Reichenhall

In the presence of the head of the Bavarian state chancellery, state-minister Siegfried Schneider, building I of the new Bad Reichenhall campus of the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef • Bonn, was opened at the Zenostraße in Bad Reichenhall. 150 guests from politics and society, from universities and the hotel- and food & beverage industry followed the invitation.

IU International University of Applied Sciences

Bad Reichenhall, Germany

Press Release

August 24, 2009

Success for EHL’s new hospitality diploma

News has spread about EHL’s innovative new hotel management diploma concept and the competitive advantage it brings to its graduates in the hospitality industry. Enrolment for the session starting next September has nearly doubled in the French section, and nearly tripled in the English section!

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

External Article

June 15, 2009

How top London hotels recruit talented staff | londonhotelsinsight.com

As one hotelier once put it to me, the hotel business is simply “people serving people”. So the quality and training of staff, particularly at the luxury end, is absolutely critical. Different hotels have subtly different philosophies in how they recruit. Why should you care about this when you choose a hotel? Because attentive and friendly staff are more likely to leave a positive imprint on your memory than any other aspect of your hotel stay. Here’s a capsule summary of the findings from speaking to some of London’s leading hoteliers about staff recruitment:

londonhotelsinsight.com

London, United Kingdom

Press Release

May 5, 2009

Changes To The General Direction At The Ecole Hôtelière De Lausanne

The Board of Governors of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has regretfully accepted the resignation of Ruud J. Reuland, General Director of the establishment for the end of the year. This decision, made for personal reasons, comes after eight years of service during which he greatly contributed to reinforcing the international reputation of the first hotel school in the world.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

Press Release

April 27, 2009

The Dorchester, London, Appoints Four to Executive Positions

The Dorchester, the iconic London flagship of the Dorchester Collection, has announced the appointments of four top-flight hospitality pros to the hotel management team: Ann Costelloe as manager of the soon to debut new Dorchester Spa launching in May 2009, Brian Hughson as Head Chef of The Grill, Renaud Gregoire as Director of Food & Beverage, and Rosanna Crawley as Head of Communications.

Dorchester

London, United Kingdom

Opinion Article

April 3, 2009

A "not-so-mysterious" Russia

In today’s ambiguity, how do Russian hoteliers cope with a need to run leaner businesses, and how do these actions compare with international landscape? Inspired by 2009 Russia HCE compensation survey results, and speaking with market participants. I promise not to use the 6-letter "C"-word in this article, which already fills everyone's communication channels. I just want to talk about how Russian hoteliers are coping with the changing economic climate these days, and what they are doing on the staff compensation front to keep their hotels profitable. I also want to compare what's happening in our market with the practices in other parts of the world.

HVS

Russian Federation