Why Hospitality at EHL?

Market Power

The hospitality industry is growing

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) predicts that the hospitality industry will grow in value on average by 3.9 percent a year over the next 10 years to $11.5 trillion – just slightly less than China’s entire economy today. Travel and tourism will continue to outpace the wider economy and:

support 23% of all new jobs created
represent 1 in 9 jobs created (382 million jobs worldwide)
amount to 11% of the world GDP

Rankings

EHL is Ranked No.1 Worldwide

EHL is consistently recognized by the Industry as one of the best hospitality management schools in the world. Students, faculty and alumni are the best ambassadors of EHL's values and commitment to excellence. Our recent awards & rankings include:

QS World University Rankings, Hospitality & Leisure Management, #1 worldwide in 2019
CEO World Magazine - Best Hospitality And Hotel Management Schools In The World, #1 in 2019
Le Berceau de Sens, first educational restaurant in Switzerland to receive a Michelin star, 2019

EHL was the first hotel management school in the world, and remains the worldwide reference in hospitality management education today.

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Our Hospitality Management Degrees

In today’s global hospitality industry, managers need to have hospitality know-how and a broader set of strategic business skills to reach upper-level positions. To satisfy these requirements for companies and future hospitality professionals, we offer a wide array of hospitality management degrees for people with varying backgrounds and career aspirations.

All degrees are delivered by EHL, which is recognized as a Swiss University of Applied Science and which has an American (NECHE) accreditation. Plus, our degrees comply with the Bologna requirements using the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

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Carreers

Types of hospitality careers

Consider the diversity of a career in the hotel industry and hospitality industry careers in closely related sectors:

Hotel operations: front office, rooms division, food & beverage, events
Hospitality management: HR, finance, marketing, real estate, public relations
Entertainment: venue management, event planning, sales, retail, VIP services
Luxury: lifestyle services, private charters, VIP events & services
Food & Beverage: fine dining, catering, culinary arts, sommeliers
Health & wellness: spas, fitness, private clinics, retirement living, hospitals
Online & technology: OTA’s, start-ups, sharing economy
Other roles: hotel openings, hospitality consultancy, project management, R&D

Future-proof Career

Hospitality management careers cannot be replaced by robots

According to many recent articles, there are three characteristics for jobs that have very low chances of being replaced by technology in the next 30 years.[Source] Here they are and the reasons that hospitality management graduates won’t have to worry:

Relationship building: Handling special needs and providing personalized services cannot be done by machines
Creativity: Providing personalized, cultural experiences to please human customers is unlikely to be replaced by AI.
Managing the unpredictable: Customer emergencies and service issues require problem-solving skills that require emotional understanding and tact that robots don’t have.

Our Students & Alumni

EHL bachelor degree students come from many different countries and often speak several languages, while the graduate students bring professional and academic experience from diverse institutions and industries. In our unique campus setting, these students mingle across ages, backgrounds and experience levels to exchange ideas, industry stories and cultural insights, just like they would in the global hospitality industry.

Our legacy of excellence comes from the dedication and ambition of our alumni who are the strongest and most active professional hospitality network of all the hospitality management schools worldwide.

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Switzerland is world-renowned for its quality of life, political and economic stability, security, and well-developed infrastructure. It also provides an ideal setting to study hospitality management: The Swiss sense of hospitality is a reference for the rest of the world.

EHL is in a beautiful forested area, only 10 minutes away by car from the lively university town of Lausanne, and 50 minutes from Geneva. Golf courses, riding stables, cross-country skiing and fitness trails are within walking distance. With Europe’s largest lake and the surrounding Alps nearby, the area offers unlimited possibilities for both summer and winter sports.

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