Les Roches students break boundaries with the latest Future of Hospitality Summit (FHS)
Students of Les Roches Global Hospitality Education in Crans-Montana, Switzerland are organizing the second Future of Hospitality Summit (FHS) on 28-30 October, a conference with industry professionals sharing insights into the latest innovations and future tech-based developments to the leaders of tomorrow.
BLUCHE, Switzerland -- Students of Les Roches Global Hospitality Education in Crans-Montana, Switzerland are organizing the second Future of Hospitality Summit (FHS) on 28-30 October, a conference with industry professionals sharing insights into the latest innovations and future tech-based developments to the leaders of tomorrow.
The event will be hosted at Les Roches' campus near the mountain resort of Crans-Montana and spans two days. The second edition of the FHS is dedicated to the theme "Questioning Answers: Excavating the Future" and encourages all 250 participants to challenge the current state of the industry from different perspectives. The entire concept, organization and execution of the event are led by current students of Les Roches.
The FHS consists of presentations by exciting new innovators sharing their outlook and vision for the global travel industry. Speeches are complemented by workshops, where hospitality start-ups demonstrate their latest developments to guests and students on campus. Speakers include Woody Wade, a hospitality consultant, author and futurist; Sylvia Andre, Group Marketing & Communication Director of event organizer MCI; Ullrich Kastner, Founder of myhotelshop.de and Todd Embley, Director of San Francisco-based co-working space PARISOMA.
For the first time this year, FHS is holding a pitching competition with contestants proposing innovative approaches around the topic "Making Hospitable Cities Against a Backdrop of Security Fears". In collaboration with EP Magazine, judges Chris Sheppardson, Managing Director of EP Business in Hospitality Magazine and Jan Huizing, Researcher at Hotelschool The Hague will elect a winner to pitch their idea at the EP Magazine Conference in London in April 2017.
The event will start on Friday with an opening ceremony and key notes, followed by a cocktail reception and VIP dinner by S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016 finalist Andrea Miacola. The second day is fully dedicated to presentations, workshops and competition pitches, followed by a networking dinner and after-party that will allow guests to connect with presenters.
The FHS is just one more way Les Roches strives to offer value to its students. The institution's curriculum combines applied hospitality classes with theoretical courses in management theory, encouraging innovation and business acumen among students, many of whom choose to specialize in entrepreneurship and go on to realize their own business ideas.
For more information about the Future of Hospitality Summit (FHS), please visit www.fhsummit.ch
About Les Roches
Les Roches is a distinguished Swiss institution dedicated to fostering innovative and entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow in the hospitality industry. Founded in 1954 in Switzerland, Les Roches offers undergraduate, graduate degrees and executive programs in Luxury, Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. Les Roches has campuses across Switzerland, Spain, UAE and China, as well as partner campus in near New Delhi.
Part of Sommet Education, worldwide leader in hospitality education, Les Roches ranks in the top 5 in the world's higher education institutions for hospitality and leisure management (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024).
Les Roches has received official recognition from the Swiss Accreditation Council (SAC) as a Swiss University of Applied Sciences Institute. In addition to this recognition, Les Roches is also accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
For more information, please visit: https://lesroches.edu/