"May 30, 2007 is your day, and you are definitely going to enjoy it!" With these words 103 students of SSTH Swiss School of Tourism were welcomed to the 2007 graduation ceremony. After 1 ˝ or 3 years of study, happy but impatient faces waiting for the moment to arrive when they become a professional in hotel operations or hotel management. 47 students of the German speaking department HTF Hotel- und Touristikfachschule, and 55 from the English speaking division of the school, thrilled to be awarded their diploma.

With the Swiss Diploma in Hotel Operations, the Swiss Higher Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management or the Post Graduate Diploma in International Hospitality Management in their hands, a chapter in the student’s life is closing and a new one is opening. After studying at the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality, the practical training in service and kitchen, the long nights preparing for exams in financial accounting, event management, German language, marketing and so on, belong to the past and an interesting and thrilling industry is waiting for our graduates. Well prepared and with a liberal addition of “Swissness” in the background, they are heading for challenging careers around the world.

Graduation is a happy but also a sad moment. It means saying goodbye to friends who have been sharing an important part of life. The School Hotel Passugg, a multi-cultural world of more than 45 nations, has been a home away from home, a place to study, to live, to have fun, and to make long lasting friendships with people from almost the whole world. Now our graduates are leaving, both laughing and crying at the same time, and soon they will be remembering the ‘good old times’ at SSTH Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality.



The students receiving the Swiss Diploma in Hotel Operations have been studying for 1 ˝ years and have been trained in all operational departments of a hotel, including food and beverage (kitchen, restaurant and both alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages), front office and housekeeping. Along with administration subjects, language studies in English and German, and practical training, they are prepared for positions in the functional areas or departments of a hospitality business.

The graduates holding the Swiss Higher Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management, a 3 year full time program, have also been thoroughly trained in all operational departments of a hotel, plus management related subjects such as managerial accounting, hospitality marketing, event management, cross cultural competence, psychology and sociology to mention only a few (the full program covers 40 subject areas). Well prepared, they advance on to a career in hospitality management in single operating units and international chains.

The students receiving the Post Graduate Diploma in International Hospitality Management have been studying for 1 ˝ years at SSTH. As they already have a university degree in another discipline, their studies in the field of hotel management have been designed to complement their previous degree. They have been trained in operational subject areas, such as food and beverage (kitchen, restaurant, and both alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages) front office and housekeeping management, along with a significant number of hotel related administration and managerial subjects.

Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality is proud to congratulate the 55 graduates from the English division coming from the following countries: Norway, Korea, India, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia, Canada and Kenya

In the German speaking division Swiss School could congratulate 47 graduates from the following countries:
Switzerland, Germany, Province of Liechtenstein, Italy, Denmark, Peru and Brazil.

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