HOSPITALITY - A SECTOR IN EXPANSION
The hospitality industry is the world’s largest employer, offering a wide array of employment opportunities from hotels and restaurants to leisure and wellness. This sector is expected to keep expanding, offering a wider spectrum of job opportunities than ever before.
KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE
The Swiss hotel and tourism sector enjoys an outstanding international reputation since the first hotel schools started in the 19th century. Switzerland is renowned for guest hospitality and the nation’s hotel schools act as guarantors of this tradition.
AN INDUSTRY IN CONSTANT EVOLUTION
The Swiss hotel schools combine hotel management and international business in a multicultural environment. The curricula of these institutes cover the whole of the hospitality industry from rooms division management to finance and general management.
WORLD CLASS TRAINING
Students at the hotel schools can enjoy the latest IT facilities and fully-equipped practice environments. Internships play an integral role for hands-on knowledge of real-life situations. With a reputation for creating the future managers of leading establishments, first-class management and business skills are taught and encouraged.
BEST OPPORTUNITIES
Hotels and tourist organizations worldwide are keen to employ Swiss-trained “hôteliers” due to their ability to succeed in a highly competitive environment. The hotel schools foster a strong ethic of graduate recruitment. Thanks to graduate fairs and dedicated in-house recruitment sessions, many students finish their course with a secured position, or opportunities for immediate employment.
