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.
The building, which houses next to the University of Applied Sciences the Steigenberger Akademie, had been extensively renovated in the past months and presents itself now as a seminar-building with modern class rooms, students apartments, a specialised library and a 200 square metre restaurant- and demonstration kitchen, in which Hospitality Management students acquire basic knowledge around cooking and kitchen. On the occasion of the opening, the university together with the Steigenberger Akademie and in cooperation with the city of Bad Reichenhall and the Steigenberger Hotel Group invited to a kitchen party in the new demonstration kitchen.
The CEO of the International University, Dr. Florian Schütz, characterised the opening as an “important milestone” on the way to the university-location Bad Reichenhall. The rector of the International University, and at the same time CEO of the Steigenberger Akademie, Prof. Dr. Peter Thuy, stressed in his speech the modern study concept, which was always the first priority in view of the renovations: „Akademie-students and university-students have as of now an excellent campus infrastructure with ideal support ratio at their disposal“.
He also emphasised the importance of the two educational institutions – Steigenberger Akademie and University of Applied Sciences – for the tourism industry and the formation of new industry specialists from southern Germany, Austria and South Tyrol. The Steigenberger Hotel Group and the holding company of the International University, Career Partner GmbH, had agreed on a joint venture for the expansion of the educational offerings at the Steigenberger Akademie Bad Reichenhall in April 2008.
Mayor Dr. Herbert Lackner of the city of Bad Reichenhall also pointed out the significance of the renovated seminar building as an economic factor for Bad Reichenhall and as one of the most modern training centres in the Bavarian university-landscape.
About the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef • Bonn:
The International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef • Bonn is the competence center for service management with campuses in Bad Honnef and Bad Reichenhall. Its academic programmes include bachelor and master degrees in hospitality, tourism, event and aviation management as well as in international management and audit and taxation. Founded in 1998, the university has about 1,600 students and 100 professors and lecturers. It is a member of the “Leading Hotel Schools of the World” and was recognised as the “Hotelier of the Year” in 2004.
Steigenberger Akademie hosts the Steigenberger vocational school and the Steigenberger Hotel Management School as state-approved private schools. The educational offerings of the Steigenberger Akademie Bad Reichenhall encompass the certificate of the 1-year Hospitality Management vocational school, the state-approved degree Graduate of Hospitality Management Administration, including college entrance qualification for Bavaria, as well as the Akademie-degree Hospitality-Economist. The wide offers are supplemented through preparatory courses for the Chamber of Commerce examination of Master (Meister) of Hospitality Management and the Instructor Qualification Examination.
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