Hotel schools, business schools and liberal arts programs produce thousands of graduates each year with all sorts of skillsets.

Hotel school students are taught from day one that their career will be to serve their guests, their employees, their employers, and their other stakeholders. Most business school graduates go into services such as banking, accounting, sales, marketing and law, but they are often not even aware that serving others is what their jobs are all about. Hotel school students do not reject service - they embrace it.

Question is whether you think that hospitality schools and universities still deliver talent with the sorts of competencies and skills you are looking for today, or whether graduates from generic business schools stand an equal chance during the hiring process.

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Michael Levie
Michael Levie
Hospitality Changemaker and Co-Founder of citizenM
Bill  Walshe
Bill Walshe
CEO at Viceroy Hotel Group
Heather McCrory
Heather McCrory
CEO of North & Central America at Accor
Federico J. González
Federico J. González
President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality AB
Marloes Knippenberg
Marloes Knippenberg
CEO of Kerten Hospitality
Jay Stein
Jay Stein
Head of Dream Hotels at Hyatt
David  Etmenan
David Etmenan
Chief Executive Officer & Owner at NOVUM Hospitality
Ramón Aragonés
Ramón Aragonés
Chief Executive Officer at NH Hotel Group
Sem Schuurkes
Sem Schuurkes
Founder and Partner of CityHub
David  Sherwyn
David Sherwyn
Professor of Law at Cornell’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration
Christine Demen Meier
Christine Demen Meier
Managing Director, Les Roches