Switzerland may be small in size, but it is home to one of the world's most competitive and innovative economies in the world, ranking second in Europe and fifth in the world according to the World Economic Forum's 2019 Global Competitiveness Report.
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation is excited to open the 2021 call for applications for its Mike Diamond Scholarship Program. This scholarship program was established to support degree-seeking students who are pursuing careers in hospitality sales, marketing, or revenue optimization.
The future of the world of education for hospitality students and how businesses in the industry will thrive in the years to come has been a popular topic for professionals across the industry. The changes that the pandemic has introduced, alongside technological innovations, have created a world for travel and tourists that looks very different from the one we saw just a few years ago.
"To buy or to rent a robot? That is the question. Robots are actively entering hospitality services. Hotels, restaurants and bars use them for cleaning, provision of information, room service delivery, as receptionists, waiters, bartenders, cooks, etc."
The Innosuisse Business Concept Training is a Swiss government-funded course aimed at providing a short, cutting-edge, innovative business training program. Powered by Fondation EPFL Innovation Park, the course is designed and taught by experienced entrepreneurs and company executives to help university students and researchers bring their innovative ideas to market or pursue a successful career in start-up companies.
After four intense, insightful days filled with thought-provoking panels and keynotes by highly experienced industry professionals, yet another successful edition of the Young Hoteliers Summit was co.
Les Roches, the highly regarded hospitality business school recently ranked third for Employer Reputation by the QS World University Rankings 2021 is launching the second edition of "The Next Disruptor", a scholarship competition seeking ideas for positive disruption in hospitality, travel, and tourism.
"Now more than ever, it's imperative for hotel staff to embrace their guests and make them feel at home on the road. I traveled extensively before COVID-19 hit the world and was usually greeted with excellent service, but the rooms themselves were not always clean."
Anyone working or studying at the Ecole hotelière de Lausanne will agree that campus life is an integral part of the EHL experience. A walk around the F&B outlets in the central part of the building inevitably entails bumping into people, swapping ideas, hatching plans - in brief, making things happen! With the quick transition to remote learning, virtual classrooms and a campus on strictly reduced capacity, the fertile hub of human interaction at EHL has inevitably been impacted - but it's far from being diminished.
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.
Hospitality. An industry as diverse as the culinary delights that grace its establishments' tables. A customer-oriented mindset of use to many a business. Then there is management with its distinct allure of leadership and responsibility.
Burt Cabañas, founder and chairman of BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has been named chairman of the Florida International University (FIU) Foundation. A 1976 graduate of FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Mr.
