GENEVA – 17/09/2012 – The Swiss company Hospitality Connection has announced the entry of the HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, Helsinki (Finland), to its exclusive online hospitality network: HOSCO.

"We invite top-ranked hotel schools to join HOSCO based on our 400+ employers' feedback and preferences. HAAGA-HELIA is widely recognized in the industry and for this reason it was a priority for us to bring the school on board of the network. We are convinced that the 1000+ talented students enrolled at HAAGA-HELIA will not only contribute to HOSCO's rapid growth in terms of users but also strengthen the unique quality of our pool of candidates", said Mr. Bracard, Managing Partner at HOSCO.

"Joining HOSCO is a great opportunity and asset for our university as well as for our students and alumni. Networking with the global hospitality industry is vitally important and HOSCO offers our students an excellent platform to search for internships and demanding jobs around the world. This is also important for our strategy of being the most international university of applied sciences in Finland", said Mr. Björkqvist, Programme Director – Hotel and Restaurant Management at HAAGA-HELIA.

About Hospitality Connection

Hospitality Connection, based in Geneva (Switzerland), provides hospitality players including over 400 companies and 2500 students from 17 top-ranked hotel schools, with an innovative tool to meet and interact.

For more information about HOSCO, please visit www.hosco.com or contact the HOSCO team at [email protected] and +41 22 320 88 24.

About the HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences - Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management

HAAGA-HELIA prepares professionals for business and services. The university comprises over 10.000 students; ca. 1000 study hotel, restaurant and tourism management on Haaga campus. HAAGA‐HELIA educates experts with customer service, strong sales and entrepreneurial skills. Our R&D&I activities focus on innovative products, services and business operations.

Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management has four corner stones of studies: working-life orientation, business management, aesthetics and internationality.

The student develops a solid understanding of customer-oriented and profitable operation within the various sectors of hospitality and tourism management. The student learns how to put skills into practical use to boost business within the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry and other areas.

The studies provide the student with an extensive professional outlook and logical skills. Bachelor graduates develop careers within the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry in management positions, as entrepreneurs, as specialists or in sales or Research & Development positions.

For more information about the HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences – Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, please visit www.haaga-helia.fi or contact Ari Björkqvist at [email protected] and +358-40-556 88 66