The awaited day has
finally arrived: The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and the Career Club eagerly
welcomed 40 of the brightest minds in the hospitality industry today. The first
day of the Young Hoteliers Summit featured the first phase of “idea creation”
and the respective results, a panel between industry leaders and students as
well as an outstanding speech by Michael Levie (CEO CitizenM).
Students from 9
international hotels schools, industry leaders such as Kevin Coleman (Vice
President Market Strategy Jumeirah Group), Guy Crawford (CEO Jumeirah Group) and
Bernard Fierens (Senior Vice-President Private Bank Edmond de Rothschild)
started the first phase of the event, “idea creation”, this morning at
Brainstore. The participants were very enthusiastic about the new methods of
idea generation presented by the idea factory, enjoying working together in a
creative environment. Brainstore’s innovative process provided very interesting
results which will serve as a base for the delegates in order to solve the
creativity challenge given by the Jumeirah Group. The prize for finding the
most valuable solution to the given challenge will include a five day trip to
Dubai, where all members of the winning team will have the opportunity to
shadow the executives of the corporate headquarters of the Jumeirah Group. Expedia
will be sponsoring the flights to Dubai where the winning students will be
offered a stay at a Jumeirah property.
Following the creativity
sessions, students and industry leaders came together for a panel to discuss
the relevance and the role of academic concepts in the real world of
hospitality management. The important
points resulting from the panel were that not only do young hoteliers have to
be able to structure their thinking, but also have integrity and honesty as
well as the right ethics to be successful in today’s challenging hospitality
industry.
The entire YHS
delegation, the Career Club and the Ecole hoteliere Lausanne are looking
forward to the second day of this inaugural Young Hoteliers Summit which
highlights Guy Crawford’s and David Cochrane’s (CEO Hospitality Industry Trust)
speeches as well as the final ceremony where students will be presenting the
solutions for the creativity challenge. Industry leaders, press and the general
public are welcome to attend the final ceremony, unique opportunity to witness
the outcome of this first Young Hoteliers Summit.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
What
is the Young Hoteliers Summit?
The Young Hotelier
Summit (YHS) is a project initiated by the Career Club, a student-run
organization at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). The event will be held
on January 28th & 29th 2010 with the aim of
broadening the communication between international hotel schools. YHS will
feature a competition amongst teams composed of members from different
participating schools competing against each other to give solutions to a
creativity challenge proposed by the Jumeirah Group. In addition, an enriching
program of presentations, panels and workshops will be organized around the
topics raised in the creativity challenge.
Participating
schools
Hotelschool the Hague (Netherlands)
Rosen College of Hospitality
Management (USA)
Hong Kong Polytechnic
University School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Sagesse University of Hospitality
Management (Lebanon)
Breda University of Applied
Sciences (Netherlands)
Emirates Academy of Hospitality
Management (United Arab Emirates)
Institute of Hotel Management
Aurangabad (India)
Shannon College of Hotel Management
(Ireland)
Official
sponsors
Lausanne Hospitality Consulting
(LHC)
Taj Hotels and Resorts
Possibility
to attend (event held at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne)
Friday
29th of January
Idea presentation 16:45-19:00
Award ceremony 19:15-20:00
YHS Press Contact
Alina Swirski (French, German,
English, Italian)
T (+41) 79 917 3546
Ecole
hôtelière de Lausanne
Route
de Cojonnex, Case postale 37, 1000 Lausanne 25, Switzerland
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