Innovative Hospitality Management is a joint initiative of TSI Tourism school Sant Ignasi (Barcelona, Spain) and Maastricht Hotel Management School (Maastricht, the Netherlands), in association with Oxford Brookes University Business School (Oxford, UK)
MAASTRICHT HOTEL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
Maastricht Hotel Management School is a department of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. Zuyd University is the best university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, according to the 2008 edition of the Higher Education Guide (Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs 2008).
Maastricht Hotel Management School was founded in 1950 as a private school by local hotel companies, and gradually evolved into one of the Netherlands’ top-ranking hotel schools. Over the past half century, Maastricht Hotel Management School has obtained a solid reputation thanks to its broad network of contacts with international companies and hotel chains - many of which employ the school’s former students.
Maastricht Hotel Management School provide first-class education for a career in the Hotel and Tourism sector – the fastest growing industry in the world. The school’s Bachelor and Master programs are aimed at students at the start of their career, as well as at hotel and tourism professionals preparing for moving onward to a position in higher management. In addition, the hospitality background of its former students has become more and more valued in other areas of economic life, and Maastricht graduates can be found in management consultancies, and in marketing, sales or HR positions in companies which are not directly linked to tourism.
The Hospitality Management programs are taught at Bethlehem Castle, where up-to-date studying facilities contrast with a unique historical setting.
For more information about Maastricht Hotel Management school please go to: http://www.hotelschoolmaastricht.nl/
OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY
A collaboration with Oxford Brookes University supports the Master in Innovative Hospitality Management. The aim is to enhance the Master's student's experience in each of the centers, and to specifically underpin future developement with a focus on research and innovation.
Oxford Brookes University Business School is a dynamic and international educational center consistently applauded for the excellence of the learning and teaching. The University practices a special "Brookes blend" of critical enquiry with practical insight, of rigour with relevance. Oxford Brookes University has a deep connection with the world of business, which ensures the relevance of the courses, the credibility of the staff and the career successes of the students.
For more information about Oxford Brookes University please go to : http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/
Working in Hospitality and Tourism
With a growth forecast per annum for the next ten years of 4.5 percent, the Travel and Tourist sector is one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries and will continue to be a significant source of growth and prosperity worldwide. According to WTTC research, Travel & Tourism (including hotels and restaurants) generates economic activity representing over ten percent of the global GDP. The industry also accounts for over 200 million jobs, directly and indirectly; at present, the largest number of jobs of all of the world's economic sectors.
But tourism is more than just an industry. Tourism represents more than 50% of direct investments to developing countries. In addition, tourism has become one of the main sources of international contact and cultural exchange. Therefore, the Travel & Tourism industry plays a critical role in addressing the challenges now facing the world, contributing to a development that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.
The career opportunities in this fast-paced industry are very extense and include openings in a wide range of sectors, such as:
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Hotels - Independent and chain, time-sharing and residence |
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Retirement Communities and Health Care Units |
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Restaurants - Full and Quick Service Restaurants |
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Travel, Tour and Car Rental Operations |
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Theme Parks |
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Airline, Maritime and Railroad Food Services |
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Recreation Complexes |
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Contract Food Services |
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Resort Development and Operations |
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Consulting Activities |
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Cruise Companies |
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Hospitality Related Product Sales |
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Conventions and Meeting Planning |
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Tourism Technology Sector |
Building your future!
Join an enriching multi-cultural environment where Knowledge,
Vision and Networking blend to provide you with key competencies required to start your international career successfully:
• LeadershipOrient your work towards the big picture, vision and goal setting
• Team Building Improve your collaboration, affiliation and teamwork skills
• CreativityHeighten your innovative, creative and curiosity powers
• Sensitivity to diversityEnhance your sensitivities to individual cultural and ethnic differences.
• Ethical awarenessStress your concerns for fairness, equity, integrity and ethics
• PROBLEM SOLVINGDeepen your abilities to think strategically, to create solutions
in complex situations.
• SERVICE ORIENTATIONRaise your concerns for guest or customer satisfaction.
• SELF-EFFICIENCYIntensify aspects of confidence, independence and self-direction.
