Students in the University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management looking to diversify their work experience now have the opportunity to do just that while simultaneously gaining knowledge of Tuscan history and culture firsthand.
Where should the journey take you? To China? The United Arab Emirates or Thailand? To Djibouti, Accra or Mongolia? On the second Kempinski Career Day at the Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich, a chance is given to approximately 1,000 ambitious and talented hotel management school graduates, highly motivated young professionals as well as enthusiastic newcomers to kick-start their career in the luxury hospitality business. On March 10, 2012, Kempinski Hotels' Management Board, Top Management and over 60 General Managers will be present to give detailed insight on one of the most dynamic and people-orientated industries there is. In 'speed dating' style, candidates will get to know the hotels' General Managers and with some luck and finesse this could be the beginning of an exciting future with Europe's oldest and most established luxury hotel group. Various presentations throughout the day will give participants the opportunity to learn more about the company as well as the working conditions in the regions Kempinski hotels can be found.
The International School of Law and Business in Vilnius, Lithuania is the country's leading provider of professional bachelor's degrees in hospitality, with about 800 students in the program and strong links with the industry. They are also members of the Lithuanian Hotel & Restaurant Association. The International School of Law and Business in Vilnius will become the exclusive provider of the EI hospitality management diploma to students in Lithuania.
Based on the success of the newly created Paris-Lausanne Society last year in Paris, Prof. Michel Rochat, Director General at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, has signed the Foundation Chart of the London-Lausanne Society together with His Excellency, Mr. Anton Thalmann, Swiss Ambassador to UK, on the 15 September 2011 at the Swiss Embassy in London. The London-Lausanne Society shall be a platform to promote new partnerships and collaborations between different key stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, the industry to Universities and Business School together with the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.
The Bachelor and Diploma academic study programs of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) re-opened on Tuesday 20 September. The Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management programme has 61 new students and offers a curriculum based on entrepreneurship and close to market reality. The Bachelor programme has 386 new students and educates the future executives of the hospitality sector. Given its determination to train the future leaders of the hospitality sector future, EHL rigorously selects its students and constantly adjusts the content of its programmes in line with new technologies and market trends.
The budget hotel chain yesterday commenced the programme with 33 apprentices. The scheme titled JuMP (Junior Management Programme) is a fast track route into management and provides A-level students (18+) with a real alternative to going to university. On this programme school leavers can continue their education, obtain work experience, receive a salary and become a manager by the age of 21. JuMP has been developed to support Travelodge's aggressive growth strategy. In addition, to supporting the Government's appeal for British companies to generate more high value apprenticeship placements.
The value created during the annual Young Hoteliers Summit at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne has shown strong potential for growth. As a result the yearly Summit is now been embedded in the newly founded association branded YHS (yhsglobal.com). What began as an annual event, bringing together leading hospitality management schools from around the globe, the Young Hoteliers Summit has now grown to become part of a bigger cause, addressing the gap between Educational Institutions, the Hospitality Industry and it’s Young Talents...
Family businesses generate between 35 and 65% of the Swiss and European GNP. What's more, it is a widespread business structure within the Hospitality industry. In this context, two leading global institutions; EHL (Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne) and IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in management education have developed a new executive programme specifically targeted at family businesses in hospitality.
The Cavendish recently got 35th place in the Sunday Times ’100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ – the only hotel on the list. So I phoned up Sarah Strawbridge, the Cavendish’s HR Manager and asked: “What’s the secret?” It starts with recruitment. The hotel has a very good name in the industry – not just among hotel staff but also students and lecturers, because of its policy of running student placements as a prelude to graduate jobs.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.