Entrepreneurship is en vogue! Not a day passes by without reading or hearing about how entrepreneurship supports most European countries' GDP growth, the groundbreaking innovations that entrepreneurial ventures bring about, or the importance of getting more young people excited about launching their own startup.
This programme is the first of its kind in the budget hotel sector to offer flexible working hours designed around the student's study programme in their university and home locations
AC Hotels, the carefully-curated lifestyle brand from Marriott International, marked the European debut of the global thought leadership series, AC Unpacked: A Conversation at AC Hotel Manchester City Centre. The program, which launched in New York City last year, brings together a creative class from around the world to unpack their global perspective on ideas relating to Travel, Experience, Vision and Design—founding principles of the AC Hotels brand.
Yesterday, global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work announced that Hilton has been ranked as the third best place to work in the UK in the new "super large" category.
Using new technologies for pedagogical purposes is more than just a fad. It seems to be quickly imposing itself as the future of education. In fact, most professionals working in training and education are already well-versed in various fields such as augmented reality, virtual reality, e-learning and blended learning. Although still quite expensive to implement, there is every reason to believe that the costs will come down quickly and the high-tech classroom will continue to develop. To get there, however, the Internet giants - Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google - are investing massively in virtual reality R&D, which could durably modify the way we approach training and education.
AMFORHT (World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education & Training) which is an NGO recognized by the United Nations for training and Education in hospitality, gastronomy and tourism industry has chosen Paris to celebrate its 50th anniversary - President Philippe FRANCOIS announces the color: "Hotel training must lead its educational revolution"!
EHL Group has drawn from its past experience to rethink the journey it offers high school students to discover the hospitality industry. With courses and activities animated by some of the world's top professionals, the new EHL Junior Academy offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look into the worlds of 5-star hotels, fine dining and business management.
This annual event aims to bring together around 130 participants worldwide: hoteliers, restaurant owners, tourism professionals, schools, universities, tourist institutions, international tourism experts. To pay tribute to the educational know-how of one of the first economic sectors focused on human capital, the 23rd AMFORHT World Forum will be held in Paris from 14th to 16th March 2019. As it coincides with the Organization's 50th anniversary, the event will be exceptionally welcomed at the French National Assembly on 15th March.
Travelodge, the UK's first budget hotel chain, today launches a new recruitment programme targeting mums and dads looking to get back into work by offering: jobs with hours that fit around the school run, a work buddy and access to management training.
Forty-six staff at The Priory Hotel in Beauly have been given a stake in the business after it became the latest company in Scotland to become employee-owned.
Hoteliers in the Highlands say Brexit has caused a shortage in hospitality industry staff to reach "crisis levels".
Glion Institute of Higher Education, a world-leading hospitality management institution, has announced its new portfolio of masters degrees available across campuses in Switzerland and the UK. First programme intakes are in September 2019 to meet growing demand among students and industry employers for relevant postgraduate hospitality education.
Some 11 new hotels affiliated to international networks will open in Romania in the next two years, leading to the creation of over 1,500 new jobs in the hospitality industry, according to specialists from the Hospitality Management Academy.
New data shows that employers' confidence in the prospects for the UK economy remained negative for the fourth successive month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's latest JobsOutlook report. The net balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative one hit -11, an improvement from the previous month (October 2018) of 3 percentage points from -14.
Today, the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) and its parent company, EHL Group, opened the new Bachelor Village on its Passugg campus. In the future, the Bachelor Village will accommodate students who are carrying out the HES-SO Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management—designed and accredited by the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)—in Passugg. Today's opening marks the first stage of a comprehensive extension to the Passugg campus and further consolidates EHL's investment in Grisons, the heart of Swiss tourism. With this expansion, the school is creating room for the constantly-growing number of professionals and students.
Swiss hospitality education group Sommet and Swiss watchmaking brand Hublot announced an agreement at the China International Import Expo to promote the cultivation of professionals for the hospitality and luxury business.
Emil Hauge will be leading the new Zleep Hotel Aalborg when it opens on January 21st, 2019. Emil has a strong background from the hospitality industry, and one of his biggest projects is to find a new team to fill the many job opportunities at the hotel.
A study from Visit Britain says that visits to the the UK are set to pass 40m for the first time in 2018. However, research shows that the UK Hospitality and Tourism sectors are at high risk of falling short in terms of qualified and experienced staff. With Brexit approaching and immigration rules getting tighter, as many as 330,000 hospitality staff in the UK are considering going back to their own country. The sector is looking into a potential recruitment black hole.
- EHL Group, the holding company of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), announces new appointments at the head of its consulting entity, Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC), and an ambitious roadmap for its future global expansion.
As of this coming September, the first cohort of the Bachelor of Science - HES-SO in International Hospitality Management will kick off on EHL's Passugg campus, in the Graubünden.This site, which is very close to Davos, is hometo the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH), also part of EHL Group.