_New Swiss Hotel School Player Climbs Ranking Ladder
_ By Habib Souleiman, Bachelor of Arts in Hotel
Management
Are you planning to study Business-BBA/MBA, Hospitality
management, Hotel, Tourism or a mix of one or more of these fields in Europe?
Here is my story:
During my last year of my secondary education in the Middle East, my family
asked me, what my plans were for my future career. As I was unsure what I could
do and did not want to join the ranks of the unemployed after completing my
education, I went to the career advisor of my school to get some sound advice.
She informed me of careers in the various sectors of the economy. I was not
interested in manufacturing, or primary sector jobs and I finally decided to
make my career in the services industry, after finding out that more than 50% of
the Fortune 500 companies were in that part of the economy. I am an outgoing
person, enjoying interactions with people from many walks of life. I know I
would not be happy to work cooped-up in an office all day, so I settled on the
hotel and tourism industry. My plan was to work after graduation in one of the
local 5 star hotels, hoping to be transferred after a time, within the hotel
company into the various exotic locations were they have hotels.
I formed my decision after talking to the daughter of a friend, who came back
home three years ago after her studies abroad in Switzerland. She told me, that
after she had completed her education with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Hotel
Management, she managed to get a management internship through the placement
office of the Swiss school. She works now as a manager for one the prime hotel
companies in town, training front of the house staff in their hotels all over
Asia.
From her I found out, that when she planned her studies, she was faced with
an overwhelming choice of offers for education in many countries. In the end she
choose Switzerland, because she felt that she would get the most comprehensive
education there, had the ability to learn French and she found in her research a
number of Swiss Alumni working as managers in hotels in her home town.
Obviously things have changed since her graduation and for others wanting to
pursue this education I have added my school selection criteria and the research
that led me to make my choice where to study.
My criteria were:
A good education at the most reasonable price
The shortest path to a degree
An accredited degree
City location
Possibility of foreign work experience
Paid industry training (I need this to partly finance my education)
Placement guarantee by the school into an industry training
Ability to learn German
Good ranking (this was difficult because in some countries this is not
available)
Successful Alumni
Today (31.10.2011) I was surprised to learn, that my school ranks first in
AMAZON.com (Alexa), the world's largest Web Services Company, among students
looking to study in a Swiss Hotel and Tourism School. Of course, I am not
surprised about this, because for me “value for money” a short study time” and
“accredited degree” was the main criteria for me to choose a school. It is good
to know, that other prospective students have the same emphasis.
For the record, I have listed the schools in order of popularity.
Of course, there are lots of other places to study and many prospective
students have other criteria for their choice of education or place to study
than mine. For these people I include a link, were one can find some more
schools: Swiss Universities Handbook – Swiss Hotel Management School – Top
Universities in Switzerland.
I am writing this article from my desk here in Switzerland, having
successfully graduated a short while ago and working now in my first management
position with good prospects for further promotion. You may ask, were did he
study in the end and did he reach is goal? Well for me the criteria listed above
led me to my school and the name of it is BHMS
Business and Hotel management school located in the tourism capital of
Switzerland the City of Lucerne. I am very proud for my school to be topping the
AMAZON ranking list.
Oh… did I reach my goal? You Bet!!
Are you interested to know more about Hospitality industry in Switzerland feel
free to contact me at [email protected]