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Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland www.htmi.ch A Leading Hotel Management Institute in the World HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland, The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management Hotel Campus Mariental Panorama, 6174 Soerenberg, Kanton Luzern, Central Switzerland The International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland Tel: + 41 41 488 1125 Fax: + 41 41 488 2344 The Centre for Events Management Training Email: [email protected] Website: www.htmi.ch The Centre for Culinary Management The Centre for Career Management 2010 Welcome to a Career in International Hotel and Tourism Management International Events Management Culinary Management Welcome to a Leading Hotel Management Institute in the World Contents Welcome to Beautiful Central Switzerland and HTMi 3 - 4 Our Mission: “Come as a Student, Leave as a Manager” 5 - 6 The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management 7 -10 The Management Training Programme 11-12 International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland 13-16 The Centre for Events Management Training 17-20 The Centre for Culinary Management 21-24 The Centre for Career Management 25-26 International Placements 27-28 Swiss Work Training Placements 29-31 Graduate News 32-38 Student Life - The International Family 39-44 Senior Faculty Management 45-46 Leading in Innovation 47-48 Graduation and Awards - That Special Day 49-50 The Webnetwork 51-52 Affiliations and Memberships 53-54 Courses and Application Details Catalogue (separate) 54 Contact Details Back page Our hotel manager team visiting HTMi was asked to help advise on curriculum and training plans to meet five-star hotel standards. We feel very honoured to do this, and we are happy to welcome HTMi graduates to the Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts . Jason King, Human Resources, Intercontinental . HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute is located in Soerenberg in Kanton Luzern. It is one of Switzerland's most beautiful resorts. The location is so beautiful, it has been designated as the only UNESCO biosphere in Switzerland. Students reside, study and train in two picturesque, traditional Swiss hotels, which are furnished to a quality standard reflecting the best values of Swiss life. Students come from all over the world to study hotel management the famous Swiss way. Our students study and train in a real hotel environment. Our international hotel campus, pictured below, is part of the UNESCO Biosphere of Entlebuch, Luzern, the only one of its kind in Switzerland. It is an area protected for its natural beauty, and is an excellent example of eco-tourism, with tourism and nature in harmony in this wonderful environment. Each year our students mingle with tourists from more than fifty countries worldwide. In the summer they visit Soerenberg for its beautiful clean, green summer environment, when temperatures can average around 25 degrees centigrade. In winter they visit for the exciting and vibrant environment when Soerenberg becomes a world-class ski and snow boarding resort. , Welcome to Soerenberg, the ‘Jewel in the Crown of Luzern and is one of the world s most beautiful tourism resorts. Welcome to HTMi! HTMi International Hotel Campus “As visiting guests we are very impressed with the work of HTMi students and some of the Soerenberg, the Jewel in the Crown of Luzern excellent enterprise ideas developed. We support HTMi in the Kanton of Luzern.” Part of the international tourism plan developed by the award-winning MBA team in 2006. Dr. Josef Wuest, Member of Parliament Kanton of Luzern Government. 3 4 Our Mission:“ Come as a Student, … Leave as a Manager” Dear Students and Parents , The Centre for Events Management Training provides all students with a focus on events management, which is a very large part of a hotel organisation's revenue. On Welcome to HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland, and to the world campus, each semester there are a large number of events at all levels, including of international hotel and tourism management. To enhance our position as a Leading conferences, weddings and culinary events. Hotel Management Institute, we seek to recruit students who are able to commit to the professional standards required by HTMi and by the hotel and tourism industry. Ian R. J. Larmour Director, HTMi HTMi, The Centre for Events Management Our mission and wish for all students is: come as a student, leave as a manager”. To help Training Switzerland achieve this the focus of HTMi is to provide high quality education, search for excellence in The Centre for Culinary Management focuses on preparing students with the required everything that happens within HTMi, and to provide an organisation that meets the skills and knowledge to operate within a kitchen environment, develop recipes and contemporary needs of the international hotel and tourism industry. Our beautiful, real, operate within the a la carte and banqueting restaurants on campus at HTMi. Hans Von Rotz, Swiss hotel campus is a recognised part of the UNESCO Biosphere of Gemeinde Fluehli, Switzerland Strategy Director Kanton Luzern, Switzerland. There, we have the following Centres of Excellence to support all students. The Centre for Career Management at HTMi, connects with all major international Dr. John Burgess hotel companies and places students around the world. The Centre organises Academic Advisor international hotel company recruitment events on campus, career trips for award winning students to leading hotel centres around the world, and provides job The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management provides high quality searching skills and support for all students and graduates. education, training and work internships to all students. Students gain Swiss diplomas for education and for training, followed by a Bachelor or MBA degree from universities with a David Coy, long standing tradition for excellence in degree level education, all taught in English. The Academic Dean Bachelor degree is awarded by the University of Ulster and the MBA degree is awarded by Queen Margaret University. HTMi and it's courses have achieved the Swiss EDUQUA education quality accreditation, officially recognised by the Swiss Government, and have accreditation from BAC (British Accreditation Council) from the UK. The undergraduate Through the HTMi Centres for Excellence, HTMi is a Leading Hotel Management courses at HTMi have education quality accreditation from the largest international Institute in hospitality education and training. A key part of this leadership is HTMi's Rohit Bhatia, Director Marketing organisation for the hospitality industry, The Institute of Hospitality. innovation, for example, HTMi is the first hotel school to become a research and development centre for a new Swiss-based international hotel brand Swisstouches Hotels & Resorts; the first hotel school in Switzerland to establish a research and development centre for Apple iPod Touch in hospitality education, and the first Switzerland Hotel School to have its own online newspaper for the hospitality industry, Dr. Hazel Sommerville Hospitality Times. Head of Research The International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland at HTMi is unique in Switzerland and is an excellent example of HTMi leading in research and innovation. At HTMi, research is a key part of all courses and the institute has its own international research journals: The International Hospitality Student Journal and the Contemporary The separate Courses and Application Details catalogue gives all required details David Hailstones Issues in Hospitality Student Journal. Research is a key part of developing students about our courses and how to apply. Of course if you have any questions please R Director of Operations RENAISSANCE contact the institute directly by email, visit our web-site at www.htmi.ch, or contact analytical skills, that are essential to be an excellent future manager in the international HOTELS & RESORTS hotel and tourism industry. one of our authorised representatives world-wide. We are in search of excellence in every student we train, educate and help to become a manager. Welcome to HTMi . Anthony Lack Events and Training Manager Ian Larmour, Director. 5 6 The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management provides high quality education, training and work internships to all students. Students gain Swiss-style diplomas for education and for training, followed by a Bachelor or MBA degree from universities with a long standing tradition for excellence in degree level education, all taught in English. The Bachelor degree is awarded by the University of Ulster and the MBA degree is awarded by Queen Margaret University. HTMi and it's courses have achieved the Swiss EDUQUA education quality accreditation, officially recognised by the Swiss Government, and have accreditation from BAC (British Accreditation Council) from the UK. The undergraduate courses at HTMi have education quality accreditation from the largest international organisation for the hospitality industry, The Institute of Hospitality. Ian R J Larmour Director Our Award Winning Teaching Team 2007, 2008 and 2009. The School of Intemational Hotel and Tourism Management “Touch, Teach and Learn” “Our excellent teaching and learning environment is fully “On behalf of our teaching team, we are honoured to be resourced and equipped with the latest technology, receiving these awards for excellent student support. As At HTMi we have established our own