SHL Celebrates the Success of 71 New Graduates
This week, SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern celebrates the graduation of 71 new Hôtelières-Restauratrices HF and Hôteliers-Restaurateurs HF.
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How Swiss Deluxe Hotels Has Created a More Personalized Guest Booking Journey to Capitalize on the Post-Pandemic Return to Travel with PrivateDeal
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, luxury hotel brands worldwide have been held to a higher standard of guest care, personalization and enhanced transparency across all touchpoints of the guest journey, including during the booking process. As one of the most admired hotel associations in Switzerland, the Swiss Deluxe Hotels (SDH) wanted to meet and exceed those guest expectations for its portfolio of thirty-nine 5-star hotels.
Key Trends To Consider When Investing In Swiss Ski Resorts
The Swiss Alps have always been a popular tourist destination, with demand for reservations at ski resorts, restaurants, and other hospitality-oriented businesses in the mountains seeing a sharp increase in recent seasons.
By Pierre Verbeke, Director Hospitality Advisory Services
Hotel Industry: A Wave Of Bankruptcies Remains Possible In Switzerland
With a 40% drop in the number of overnight stays in 2020, the Swiss hotel sector is on the verge of suffocation. An exceptional season this summer, however, could limit the damage.
By Benoît Perrier, Lecturer in Finance, EHL
How To Make EHL's Guilt-Free Gluten & Lactose-Free Chocolate Brownie Recipe
Currently kicking up a storm in the EHL food court, these deeply rich chocolate brownies should please everyone's palate since they are devoid of the commonly-known troublesome ingredients.
By Julien Boutonnet, Senior Lecturer - EHL Lausanne - Meilleur Ouvrier De France, EHL
Montreux International School And Hotel Institute Montreux Partner To Offer Accelerated Business And Hospitality Industry Pathway
Montreux International School (MIS) and Hotel Institute Montreux have announced a unique partnership to deliver an International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) in business and hospitality, as an accelerated pathway into Hotel Institute Montreux’s bachelor’s programme. The partnership is the first to be announced for MIS, with more in the pipeline with the Swiss Education Group of schools over the coming months.
EHL Success Stories: Startup Edition - Treat
EHL Success Stories: Start-Up Edition is a series to show support to our EHL Family and, more specifically, our hard-working AEHL entrepreneurs. This project aims to showcase EHL's entrepreneur mindsets, support new and upcoming ideas and businesses. While overcoming a challenging time for all companies, these Start Ups prove that resilience and hard work can overcome any problem.
By Silvia-Cristina Vasquez, Bachelor student and Communications Intern, EHL
5 Key Issue The Wine Industry In Switzerland Is Currently Tackling
In 2020, EHL and Changins wine school launched a study on Swiss wines and the impact of Covid-19. Since a semblance of returning to normal is taking shape, the time seems opportune to summarize this project, taking care to place the Covid-19 crisis in a more general context. The aim is, in particular, to tackle the fundamental problems that affect Swiss wines and to try to identify possible solutions. The following analysis is based on interviews conducted with wine producers and key market players during the second half of 2020.
Best Teacher Tools Online: 10 Elearning Tools Selected By EHL Faculty
The best teacher tools online selected by our EHL faculty members. An overview of what these teaching apps can really bring to the online and blended learning classroom and to the learning outcomes.
By Beatrice Venturini, Hospitality Insights content editor, EHL
Is Opening A Hotel In A Swiss Ski Resort A Good Investment?
Five years ago, the future of Swiss winter ski resorts was somewhat dim, after consecutive winter seasons with little to no snow and despite a relatively stable number of tourists. There was a perception at that time that existing resorts would be required to transition into four-season resorts simply to continue to exist. That dim view became somewhat rosier, when the snows returned and top resorts saw the return of skiers in record numbers of visitors for the next three winters, climaxing in 2019.
By Pierre Verbeke, Director Hospitality Advisory Services
Destination Marketing: How To Use Images To Promote A Destination
A picture is worth a thousand potential visitors to a destination! Destination marketing organizations have used photos to inform, persuade and remind tourists. The popularity of selfie culture further reinforces the importance of pictures, as millennials always search for that Kodak moment! Yet, is there a method to select the best images to promote a destination? After one and a half years of research, we have developed the "Imagery Diagnosis Model," which is the answer.
Swissness: Solutions For A Regenerative Hospitality Ecosystem
Swissness is a synonym for precision, serenity, cleanliness, reliability and fairness, - and is marketed as being typically "Swiss", (Swiss Confederation). What steps can be taken to preserve this country's reputation for being a hub of natural beauty and civic efficiency when it comes to sustainable hospitality?
By Carlos Martin-Rios, Associate Professor of Management, EHL
How To Launch A Start-Up 2021: 5 Easy Steps For Swiss Entrepreneurs
It's in human nature to become defensive every time that we feel threatened. Evolutionarily, this strategy has had a positive outcome for us because we have survived and prospered. However, in the context of doing business, playing safe and not considering the changes occurring in the ecosystem where you are operating has not always resulted in success, especially nowadays when disruptive innovations transform the world and the way we live.
By Flamur Ademi and Amant Fejzullahu
Restaurants Over Medicine: A Singaporean Student’s Quest To Be A Chef
It’s about the smiles. Many students tend to follow their family’s profession when choosing what to study at university. Singaporean Michelle Lim took the road less taken, choosing the restaurant business over medicine. “Once I served a cake to a family of four, adding my own twist to it, I will never forget how happy they looked,” she tells Study International.
Swiss Vocational Education And Training Model: The Recipe For Success?
Switzerland may be small in size, but it is home to one of the world's most competitive and innovative economies in the world, ranking second in Europe and fifth in the world according to the World Economic Forum's 2019 Global Competitiveness Report. It's also the kind of place where an apprentice can one day become a President of the Swiss Confederation, a CEO of the largest Swiss banking institution in the world or a Director of one of the country's biggest open-air music festivals.
By Ashley Musseau, Learning Content Designer, EHL
Stoneweg Consolidates Hospitality Expertise Into Dedicated Platform And Appoints Miguel Casas To Position Of Managing Director
Stoneweg, the real estate investment adviser and asset manager with operations and capabilities across Europe and the United States, has consolidated its specialist management and advisory capabilities in the hotels sector into a dedicated platform, Stoneweg Hospitality, as it prepares to take advantage of market dislocation and further expand its activity in the sector. Miguel Casas has been appointed to the newly created position of Managing Director, Stoneweg Hospitality, with responsibility for leading the business' focus on the sector.
Hyatt Announces The Opening Of Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle, the first hotel under the Hyatt Regency brand in Switzerland. The 255-room hotel is located directly at Zurich's brand-new hub The Circle, boasting retail shops, offices, health facilities, and restaurants, all situated on over 44 acres (180,000 square meters) and alongside a nearly 20 acre (80,000 square meter) park with greenery and running paths. Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle will be joined by the planned opening of a Hyatt Place branded hotel at The Circle hub. The Circle Convention Centre is expected to host its first events this spring.
Young Hoteliers Summit (YHS) 2021: A Macroscopic View
After four intense, insightful days filled with thought-provoking panels and keynotes by highly experienced industry professionals, yet another successful edition of the Young Hoteliers Summit was completed! This year, around 40 esteemed speakers and our 69 student delegates joined us online from all over the world to discuss, debate, and to answer the common question: How can we Rethink, Re-Sculpt and Rejuvenate the hospitality industry?
A New MEININGER Hotel In Switzerland Will Open This Year In Geneva
In the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in Geneva, 104 new rooms with a total of 368 beds are being built under the direction of MEININGER Hotels. The location in Switzerland's second largest city occupies an important place in the MEININGER portfolio. After all, Geneva is not only a diplomatic centre but also an international showcase for science. Lake Geneva, the museums and other cultural attractions as well as the hotel's proximity to the Swiss and French Alps should all attract additional visitors.
A New MEININGER Hotel In Switzerland In Zurich Will Open This Year
Its Zurich hotel, with 174 rooms and 582 beds, is being built in the new sustainable Greencity district in the south of the city, not far from the popular recreation areas on the River Sihl. By public transport guests can reach the city centre from the MEININGER Hotel Zurich quickly and in an environmentally friendly way, and there are also two car sharing services in the immediate vicinity of the hotel. Greencity is 100 percent powered by renewable energy sources.