FRHI Hotels & Resorts unveiled as Challenge Provider to the upcoming Young Hoteliers Summit 2014
Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th March 2014, In Lausanne, Switzerland
The Young Hoteliers Summit has officially launched with major partners for the 2014 Edition announced. FRHI Hotels & Resorts, encompassing the Raffles, Fairmont and Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts brands, have partnered as the 5th Edition Challenge Provider, this coming 17th – 19th March.
Lausanne, 28th January 2014 –the Young Hoteliers Summit has officially launched with major partners for the 2014 Edition announced. FRHI Hotels & Resorts, encompassing the Raffles, Fairmont and Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts brands, have partnered as the 5th Edition Challenge Provider, this coming 17th – 19th March.
The 5th Edition summit represents a special anniversary for the Young Hoteliers Summit. 29 international hospitality management schools & university will be present, with Cornell School of Hotel Administration, Heidelberg Hotelfachschule, Florida, Modul Vienna, and Surrey Universities joining for the first time. Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Dorchester Collection, and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts were recently confirmed as Royal Partners for the event. The much anticipated annual YHS Rankings is also underway, giving a unique insight into students' perception of hospitality brands as future employers.
As Challenge Provider, FRHI Hotels & Resorts is the main partner of the summit and presents the delegates with the Creativity Challenge – a current HR issue of the brand on which the delegates collaborate to bring actionable solutions. This leads to the core objective of YHS, aligning the three major stakeholders -hospitality companies, students and educational institutions – to improve professional opportunities for young talent in hospitality.
Matt Smith, Vice President of Talent & Learning for FRHI Hotels & Resorts and Pierre Botteron, Vice President, Human Resources for FRHI Hotels & Resorts Europe Region will co-present this year's Challenge Provider Keynote on the topic of change leadership & the employment experience.
The Young Hoteliers Summit looks forward to a collaborative, innovative and stimulating anniversary gathering!
About the Young Hoteliers Summit
The Young Hoteliers Summit (YHS) was founded in 2010 by five students of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), who shared the vision of fostering innovation in the industry through insightful discussions between thought leaders and hospitality students. Today, YHS has become the largest student-run summit in the world, inviting over 30 speakers, 80 delegates and 20 partners to its event every year. During the summit, the delegates have to solve the YHS Challenge set by the summit's most esteemed partner, the Challenge Provider. The team behind YHS consists of over 40 students from EHL Hospitality Business School, speaking over 25 languages and coming from 28 countries. They prepare the event for an entire year.