Career fairs provide a valuable opportunity for job-seekers to connect with companies and find a position. These fairs can be especially important for students completing their studies. You may be able to land a great position for yourself through one of these fairs, but even if you don't get an interview directly through the fair, these events are still valuable.
EHL Success Stories: Start-Up Edition is a new series to show support to our EHL Family and, more specifically, our hard-working AEHL entrepreneurs. This project aims to showcase EHL's entrepreneur mindsets, support new and upcoming ideas and businesses. While overcoming a challenging time for all companies, these Start Ups prove that resilience and hard work can overcome any problem.
What makes good service? This is a question that companies across the world in the hospitality sector ask themselves on a regular basis. With new technology becoming available that disrupts businesses and redefines good practices, consumers are consistently re-evaluating what they expect from their service providers. This means that education for hospitality personnel must remain ahead of the curve and unfailing in its excellence. EHL Group, with over 125 years of experience, uses its industry expertise to provide the next generation of top hospitality managers.
The UK government and the EU must agree a deal over Brexit to save and secure millions of Travel & Tourism jobs, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
Backed by the experience of the world's leader in hospitality management education, Sommet Education, and the recently launched Innovation Hub of Les Roches Crans-Montana (Switzerland), "SPARK" is set to become one of the most important industry initiatives from school in the last decade.
Tania Micki has joined the Board of Directors of EHL Holding SA and the Board of Trustees of the EHL Foundation as a new member. As a finance specialist, Micki has held leading positions in various internationally active companies for many years.
In conjunction with partner Ducasse Développement, Sommet Education, a leading worldwide network of prestigious higher education schools specializing in hotel management, customer experience, and the culinary and pastry arts, is creating the new École Ducasse - Paris Campus, an emblematic venue dedicated to teaching culinary and pastry arts.
A staggering 2.4 million jobs could be lost in the UK Travel & Tourism sector in 2020 if barriers to global travel remain place, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) revealed.
The Innovation Hub at Les Roches Crans-Montana welcomes its first incubation projects and embraces the cutting-edge digital expertise of six world-class tech companies - Rayshaper in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Simprosoft, the leader in Virtual Reality (VR), Spektrum, the web app developer, Workshop 4.0, robotics engineer, qiibee, expert in blockchain and Brunata, the international leader in the Internet of Things (IoT).
The international luxury hotel group Kempinski Hotels and the Swiss Education Group (SEG) have joined forces in an exciting new partnership that will add value to the student experience as well as to the talent pool of the hotel group. Through this close collaboration a worldwide Talent Development Programme will provide SEG students exclusive opportunities for internships and job placements in over 34 countries. SEG schools will further benefit from the expertise and insights provided by Kempinski in developing course components that reflect the realities and trends of the luxury hospitality industry. On the other hand Kempinski Hotels will further enjoy outputs from creative projects worked out by the students and implemented in selected hotels around the globe.
The students were introduced to the program with a class in Service Techniques in the newly renovated restaurant "Le Charles" named after the school president's great grandfather, Charles Bouvier. Mr. Charles Bouvier's hospitality career highlight took place over 100 years ago on the French Presidential train where he was responsible for banquets.
The autumn term at SHMS has not only seen students returning to the SHMS campuses, but also the arrival of a new dean, Dominic Szambowski, former president and CEO of the International College of Management in Sydney (Australia).
It's been a busy and unique start to the new school year here at EHL for many reasons, mostly to do with the implementation of innovative teaching methods such as HyFlex and adapting to the necessary global changes. Much to my delight and satisfaction, we have recently become the recipients of two prestigious awards in terms of employer certification. Bilan magazine, (for the 3rd year running), has nominated us as "Best Employers" in Switzerland in their education category with regards to best practices in human resources in French-speaking Switzerland. Whereas the Great Place to Work organization has certified us as indeed a great place to work.
Working with the Canton of Vaud and the medical authorities, today, 2,500 EHL students will emerge from their quarantine that was imposed on the Lausanne campus after several minor-symptom cases of coronavirus were reported amongst the student body. The quarantine followed privately-organised social gatherings.
All undergraduate students at the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) - one of the most prestigious hospitality management schools in the world - have been placed in quarantine after several coronavirus outbreaks.
The Oxford Cultural Collective (OCC) has launched a permanent, international programme of masterclasses aimed at those who love food, drink and hospitality, whether seasoned professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs or enthusiastic amateurs.
winsedswiss education group (world institute of service education) with offices in Switzerland, Romania and Serbia is organizing, starting this autumn, the VET by EHL programs (Vocational Education and Training under the license of École hôtelière de Lausanne), in our first ohma by winsedswiss educational centre.
At the Swiss Education Group, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to learning and our ability to be agile and flexible when it comes to meeting our students' and industry partners' needs. The launch of our online learning platform is a significant milestone in building a continuous lifelong learning hub. Regardless of where you are located, you can now access our certificate programmes at affordable prices.Our online certificate programmes are designed by our expert faculty in collaboration with industry experts. They focus on specific subjects of high relevance for the current hospitality demands. Upon completion, you will receive a certificate from one of our schools, SHMS Swiss Hotel Management School, Hotel Institute Montreux, and César Ritz Colleges Switzerland.Our programmes vary in duration - either two, three, or four weeks in length - and require around five hours of focused work per week.
Swiss hospitality leverages short-time working arrangements with employees to avoid massive layoffs. The system has proved successful in former times of crisis and seems to be paying off in 2020.
Nearly three million jobs in the UK - and 197 million worldwide in the Travel & Tourism sector globally - look set to be lost due to the collapse of travel, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).