Right now Clementine Dupraz is busy slicing a chocolate cake, but soon she may be running a luxury hotel, or crunching numbers in a bank. For this Swiss school trains the elite of world hospitality, teaching them to talk both food and money. "Finance has become a more and more important part of the industry," explained Fabien Fresnel, dean of Lausanne's Hospitality Management School, an ultra-modern facility set on the hills above the city. "Back in the old days, a hotel manager would usually own the premises. Today you typically have on the one hand a manager, on the other his investors, plus asset managers etc. "So the new generation of managers need to speak the language of finance, to be able to track down wasteful spending and keep shareholders happy."

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