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Les Roches drives global golf management education from Spain
Les Roches has launched a new specialist Postgraduate Diploma in Golf Management from its campus in Marbella, a city renowned as a golf mecca. Les Roches Marbella, which opened in 1995, hosts thousands of students from over 100 nationalities annually, seeking comprehensive education to develop the skills needed to lead the hospitality industry including in […] More
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Les Roches collaborates with UN Tourism for groundbreaking “Plug and Play” AI contest
Les Roches, one of the world’s leading hospitality schools, has announced its collaboration with UN Tourism for the “Plug and Play” contest, a unique initiative under the UN Tourism Artificial Intelligence Global Startup Competition. This contest seeks to harness the transformative power of AI and deep technologies to enhance sustainable tourism for the benefit of […] More
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Artificial Intelligence: how innovation is redefining the role of entrepreneurial chef at École Ducasse
Since its creation in 1999, École Ducasse has distinguished itself by its avant-garde approach to gastronomy. Under the visionary impetus of its founder, Chef Alain Ducasse, the institution has consistently sought to push the frontiers of the culinary arts. It is now distinguishing itself with the introduction of an unprecedented initiative: the integration of Artificial […] More
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UK hospitality recruitment and retention: how can we achieve genuine change?
Sommet Education Foundation, set up to offer scholarships for hospitality education to talented individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and advocate for careers and professions in hospitality, has published new research on the attractiveness of hotel, restaurant and customer experience professions. Here the UK findings are revealed in an article by the Foundation’s Executive Vice-President Anouck Weiss. […] More
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Les Roches creates a Foundation to drive research and improvement in the hospitality industry
Les Roches, a leading institution in hospitality management education, has created the Spark X Foundation, a non-profit organisation that will promote innovation, technology and sustainability to improve both customer and employee experiences. Committed to inclusion, diversity, and a positive and lasting social impact, the Foundation will base its mission on digital culture, sustainable development, acquiring […] More
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Emerging hospitality trends: what next in 2024?
Tourism and hospitality is one of the world’s most important industries – worth around $9.5 trillion in 2023, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) – and most dynamic, making it a fascinating subject for academics like myself to pursue. At Les Roches, it is our duty to keep our students up to speed with […] More
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Sommet Education launches Foundation to support hospitality sector employment challenges, as new research on attractiveness of hotel, restaurant and customer experience professions is released
Sommet Education, a leading worldwide player in hospitality education boasting a community of 10,000 students and 60,000 influential alumni worldwide, has launched its Foundation, a significant milestone aimed at supporting employment challenges within the hospitality sector. The Foundation will concentrate on tackling the sector’s employment challenges by focusing on two levers of action: offering scholarships […] More
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Sommet Education unveils new step in strategic digital expansion with Online Executive Certificates
Sommet Education, an international leader in hospitality management education, has unveiled a new step in its strategic digital expansion initiative. Focused on elevating executive and lifelong learning, the group has introduced a range of innovative online executive certificates to meet professionals’ evolving needs and enhance their expertise across diverse industries, which are available through Glion […] More
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Revenue management strategies for the hotel industry
Hospitality may be the ‘happiness industry’, but if you are a hotel owner or operator it is a serious business, with staff, suppliers and lenders who must be paid on time, as well as investors/shareholders who must be rewarded. Get the sums badly wrong and you will quickly go out of business. That is why […] More
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Sommet Education Foundation under high patronage of Accor to develop Indian Talent Development Initiative
Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) and Sommet Education, the distinguished leaders in hospitality education, have announced a pioneering collaboration with Accor, a global leader in hospitality, unveiling the Indian Talent Development Initiative. The three-year alliance, which aims to invest in the skills of Indian youth and deliver opportunities for growth in the thriving hospitality industry, was officialised at HICSA […] More
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V Spark Hackathon at Les Roches to boost entrepreneurship and impact solutions in hospitality and tourism
Les Roches has successfully hosted the fifth edition of the Spark Innovation Hackathon in which 30 undergraduate BBA in Global Hospitality Management and postgraduate students from its Marbella campus have participated. Les Roches, ranked among the world’s top four hospitality management schools worldwide, organised the training in collaboration with Spark partner, WE TANGIBLE, a company […] More
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Les Roches and Silversea partner to launch pioneering postgraduate programme in cruise line management
Les Roches and Silversea have officially signed an agreement to pioneer a ground-breaking field of study, a new Postgraduate Diploma in Cruise Line Management. The first of its kind, this innovative programme – offered at Les Roches’ campus in Marbella, Spain – provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to manage and oversee various […] More