Mr. Giuseppe Luizi Bazzani is a notable hotelier, who has served as a General Manager in over a dozen 5-star hotels, including such global brands as the Waldorf Astoria – New York, Swiss hotels around the world, Hilton London, Sweden, Turkey, Tel Aviv and many more. Mr. Bazzani has also lectured in many universities and hotel schools around the world, including the Cornell University, during his 60-year long hospitality career. When he visited GATE College in March 2009 for his 6-week assignment by referral through a Swiss contact, he was in for a surprise! It was an ordinary Tuesday morning, until all of a sudden he saw the entire GATE College student community dressed in T-shirts, masks and gloves, and armed with brooms, bins and buckets, heading towards the street of Mandikhatar, instead of their classrooms for their regular classes, cooking, and serving.

Some more fond memories...and fresh Hotel Management Graduate news from Passugg! At the diploma ceremony of the SSTH Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality 97 hoteliers celebrated the awarded diploma on May 27th, 2009! The ceremony took place on the school campus in Passugg.

If you've always dreamed of sitting at the helm of your global hotel empire...and terms like RevPAR, GOPPAR, bottom line profits and market share come easy, then perhaps it's time you put your skills to the test! YoungHotelier.com is proud to introduce the first-ever real-time real-world business simulation for the Hotel Industry, in affiliation with Tycoon Systems, Inc.

GATE – Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education organized 3 days workshop on “Teaching yesterday, today and tomorrow” covering contemporary issues such as how to meet the expectation of hospitality employers in today’s competitive job market and how to equip the hospitality educators and trainers to cope with teaching requirements and modern methodology for tomorrow. The program was designed and lead by a senior expert Mr. Giuseppe Luizzi Bazzani from Swiss Contact (Switzerland). Mr. Bazzani has over four decades of global expertise in hospitality operation and education. Mr. Bazzani has been a guest lecture in Cornell University, IMI – Luzern and successfully consulted dozens of mega hotel projects and hotel school projects around the world.

Food. Culture. Entertainment. On Saturday, May 2, 2009 the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality will open the doors to the public for the 7th annual Food Festival. Over 2000 guest will be able to discover a world of specialities and taste a variety of national dishes from 20 different countries on the school campus. The delicious food and the decorated stands spread an exotic feeling and a relaxing atmosphere around the campus of the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality.

Time to Think about our Environment: GATE College Leads a Cleaning Campaign in Kathmandu: If you walk 900 Meters north from the bustling Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu (Ring road), you will find GATE – Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education, a college that was established about a year ago. On the way, you will pass bamboo-carved dustbins hanging around the electric poles. Unlike other parts of the city, this road seems relatively clean and you will wonder what happened to this part of town. It’s not that the municipality is working efficiently and it’s not because many important people live in this area, but because of a cleaning campaign that was initiated by students some five months ago.

Since we last reported on the new hotel management school on the block, GATE Nepal (The Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education) has added to it’s repertoire of successes. GATE recently celebrated the official signing of an affiliation with SSTH (Swiss School of Tourism & Hospitality, located in Passugg, Switzerland). GATE has also announced a strong drive towards adopting international standards and has obtained ISO 9001:9002 certifications. The hotel school has further developed strong ties with global Coffee company Illy Cafe and will introduce a branch as well as Barista training courses in the future.

An update from Jeff Ross, who announces his latest school partnership. Congratulations! The official release:

Hospitality Graduate Recruitment is pleased to announce Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy as its 200th international hospitality university partner. h-g-r (www.h-g-r.com), founded by Managing Director Jeff Ross - who is himself a hotel school graduate, a past lecturer for Swiss Hotel Schools and a former General Manager with Intercontinental Hotels Group - knows well the challenges that hotel schools and hospitality employers both face in providing students and alumni with career guidance, training placements and job opportunities. Via its leading website, h-g-r offers a unique solution for hotel schools, graduates and employers alike.

In January, we wrote about the new hotel school on the block in Nepal, GATE (The Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education). Since then, GATE has made great inroads in the hotel management education sector in the country and established itself as a strong contender where the focus is firmly placed on the students. Here are a few recent photos provided by the school of the campus and facilities for readers.

Dubai is home to quite a few SSTH Swiss School Alumni - a few alumni got together early this April at Barasti Bar (Le Meridien Mina Seyahi) to network and catch up. Included were alumni now working in Banking and Security, plus hoteliers from Jumeirah International, One & Only Royal Mirage and the Mina Seyahi Complex itself. The meeting was hosted by SSTH Marketing Manager Jolanda Rechsteiner and UAE Alumni Chapter President Jitendra Jain (JJ).

Alumni of SSTH Passugg / Chur and HTF (Switzerland) now have an online communication base on the YoungHotelier.com TEA Lounge. The forum is a free tool that alumni can register on and start or reply to new topics and discussions. The current serving UAE Alumni Chapter President is Jitendra Jain and the next get-together may be organized in Dubai in early April. Access the SSTH UAE Alumni Forum Here

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Nepal is fast making a name in hospitality...and Hotel Management Education! GATE is the latest hospitality academy to make its debut in this beautiful country and plans to offer professional hotel education in combination with Swiss Hotel School - SSTH (Passugg / Chur). GATE has also announced a strong drive towards international ISO certification and strong ties with global Coffee trademark Illy Cafe and will introduce a branch as well as Barrista courses in the future. The school also announced scholarships for students from India, something very new to the region. Looking forward to seeing what impact the school has with it's new trend setting approaches to long-term and craft-level hotel / hospitality courses. Good luck GATE!
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Official Info: GATE (The Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education) opens in Nepal: bringing the best of the West to the East! Switzerland has a long history in benchmarking excellence in hotel management education in the world. With Surprisingly similar geography: Nepal also a small landlocked country situated between two economic giants of Asia, (China and India) Is following Switzerland tradition of excellence in Hotel Management. GATE - Global Academy for Tourism and Hospitality Education has started its first session with 50 students and will soon admit international students. It is located on a lovely plot of land over-looking Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, the capital valley of Nepal!

Hospitality has always been considered an art and a key part of the 'service' industry. Hotel keeping may have evovled from inns and mom & pop outfits as early as society but a refinement of service and experiences have been the keystone to hospitality success and evolution over the years. Great hospitality jobs today require a great start in terms of education and theory just as much as experience, which one starts building up on their way up the career ladder. There are a plethora of hotel management schools, colleges and universities out there today (education is big business!), but how does one rate and choose a great hotel management school? This article goes about listing ten tips to choosing the best hotel management school for students, parents and professionals, be it on campus or online, with a variety of information resources and links to help. Visit http://www.hotelmanagementeducation.com or http://www.thebesthotelschool.com

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A comprehensive list of Campus based Hospitality, Hotel Management, Travel, Culinary and Leadership schools, colleges and universities in the US and Canada is provided here for your reference. Use the links provided to request more information from the respective schools - please note that this list is for US & Canada residents only and you may be asked to provide a ZIP / Postal code for any enquiries. Use the list below or use the advanced school search feature to find what you are looking for!

Here is a hand list of the most important online learning resources for hotels, hospitality, restaurant management, culinary arts, travel and tourism studies online. The first half covers Internationally available courses with eCornell and the second half covers online options for students based in the USA and Canada. Some basic resources to start with include the following:

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