Generalist MBAs lack the sector-specific skills that specialist MBAs can provide and that the job market increasingly demands. In an article for Times Higher Education, Dr Pierre Ihmle, Chief Academic Officer of Sommet Education, examines how specialist MBAs can offer graduates a competitive edge.…
Hospitality management education imparts not only culinary capabilities but also a wide range of soft skills. Fabienne Rollandin, Director of External Relations for Sommet Education, explains in an interview with Higher Education Plus how Les Roches Global Hospitality Education and Glion Institute of…
Mariana Palmeiro, Head of Wellness to Business Executive Education at Glion Institute of Higher Education, explains why wellness has become an essential part of the hospitality industry. Hospitality has always been a business based on caring for people, but that…
Dr Stuart Jauncey, Managing Director of Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, explains why embracing an entrepreneurial mindset is key to developing future leaders and supporting workplace equality. Agility and ambition: A new workforce for a new workplace Aspiring hospitality professionals…
Montreux (Switzerland), 5 March 2018 — Sommet Education is the only hospitality education group with two private higher education institutions ranked among the world’s top six for hospitality education and the world’s top three for employer reputation in hospitality and leisure…
Benoit-Etienne Domenget, CEO of Sommet Education, highlights five trends that will shape travel and tourism in 2018. When it comes to growth and transformation, the tourism and hospitality industry shows no signs of slowing down. In 2017, 1.1 billion tourists…
Bluche (Switzerland), 23 February 2018 — Les Roches Global Hospitality Education organised the second hospitality bootcamp for Les Roches students in partnership with international group Seedstars on 14 and 15 February on the Les Roches campus in Bluche, Switzerland. A total of 93…
London (UK), 9 January 2018 — Sommet Education expands its management team with the arrival of Karine Hyon-Vintrou, Global Marketing Director, based in London, UK. Sommet Education encompasses Glion Institute of Higher Education and Les Roches Global Hospitality Education. Karine Hyon-Vintrou,…
Bluche (Switzerland), 11 December 2017 — Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, one of the world’s leading hospitality management institutions, has appointed Dr Stuart Jauncey as Managing Director. Dr Jauncey formerly acted as Dean to The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management…
In a ceremony held on 17 November 2017 in Madrid, Spain, the European Association of Economics and Competitiveness (AEDEEC) awarded Les Roches Marbella with the Gold Medal for Merit at Work. The award recognizes Les Roches Marbella for the institution's contribution to…
