Swiss Alpine Diploma in Events & Conventions Management
Swiss Alpine Center Greece
Glyfada, GreeceThe Swiss Alpine Diploma in Events and Conventions Management programme is delivered in an actual hotel and hospitality campus, in order to offer students' opportunities to see service related practices taking place. Equal emphasis is given to acquiring knowledge on the operation and management of different departments and to applying it in a real business environment. In order to achieve this, students of the Events and Conventions Management programme, participate in various conferences, exhibitions and special events that happen in Athens.
First year students study about MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) operations such as customer service, food and beverage service, event set up and organization, venue selection, budgeting, accounting principles, and introduction to Event management. During the second year the students become more involved in the managerial aspects of Event and Convention operations and the hospitality industry in general. This involves the event management process, contracts and negotiations, vendor relations, financial accounting, human resources, organizational behavior, and Events and Conventions marketing studies.
In this way, students will get the necessary knowledge and ambition to participate in an actual industry practice placement during the summers.
Events & Conventions Management Content
The Events and Conventions Management curriculum has been devised in collaboration with City Unity College Hospitality Department's Industry Advisory Board, which provides advice and valuable insights on the necessary skills and knowledge that future professionals and leaders in this industry should possess. The exact breakdown of modules is as follows:
Bachelor's in Hospitality Management Vatel
Vatel USA
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWith the Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, you are qualified to hold operational management positions in the international hotel and tourism industry. During these 4 years of schooling, students acquire professional, legal, economic and fundamental linguistic knowledge for their field. They also learn managerial techniques and team-leading skills which are essential to a successful career.
Artificial Intelligence in Modern Business
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
Why now is the time to get interested in Artificial Intelligence?
You have probably stumbled into the term ‘artificial intelligence’ and heard some troubling discussion about how robots might be taking all of our jobs in the near term future. The amount of human work is hardly going anywhere, but the skills and knowledge needed in the majority of jobs will drastically change.
In five years’ time, you might wish that you had started working with AI five years ago
AI technology—and its applications in business—is in many ways one of the most important innovations of our time. That’s why it’s crucial to be aware of all the opportunities and challenges AI will generate in the modern business world—even if you’re not starting your own AI project yet.
This is how AI can help you perform better in your industry:
Applications of AI are surprisingly common:
Your company can automate a lot of boring and repetitive tasks with AI and robotic process automation and can target the workload of your workers to more productive tasks.
Your company’s efficiency increases and you will get more done with less effort when routine tasks are completed by AI.
Your company’s management team is able to make better decisions because you are getting information faster and more accurately for decision-making.
You can stand out from your competitors with new and better products because you will get more information from customers and product users for developing your services.
Customers will stay happy because you are able to offer them more personalized service in multiple points in the buying process.
You will be able to acquire more customers, for example with the use of lead generation chatbots.
If the benefits above would help your business, you will like this new AI basic online training course.
Essentials of Hospitality and Tourism
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
One out of 10 employees globally is found in hospitality and tourism. Will you be one of them?
This is an introductory set of courses to the vast field of hospitality and tourism. This set of 5 high-quality courses takes the participant to a new level in understanding the business logic and working structure of hospitality and tourism, as a people business, experience business, and a business area developing fast during the years to come.
This course package aims to develop a wide perspective on modern hospitality and tourism as a multi-form industry and the issues affecting it. Lessons included will explain the central concepts and definitions used in the respective business areas. Course overview
This course package gives you an extensive overview of the multitude of modern hospitality and tourism business. We offer you five independent courses on key topics of the industry.
The course package enables you access to the five following courses:
1. Travel & Tourism Business
2. Accommodation Business
3. Food & Beverage Management
4. Culinary Management
5. Accounting and Managing Numbers
+ a free bonus e-book glossary: ‘The language of Hospitality & Tourism’ to help you to get started with the terminology.
Boost Your Career
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
One of the cornerstones of our Boost Your Career course is the moderated exclusive expert sessions with the likes of ‘the Larry King of Podcasting’ Jordan Harbinger (whose show The Jordan Harbinger Show was voted Apple’s ‘Best of 2018’), award-winning concierge Sarah Dandashy, Guinness World Record holder as the most prolific professional blogger, and current Head of Remote at GitLab Darren Murph, and celebrity personal branding expert and author Phil Pallen.
In these sessions, you will acquire unique insights on topics such as personal branding, networking, job searching, social media marketing, and time management, which will all de facto boost your career. This course is highly valuable to any service business professional, who wants to look for a career move and needs tools to achieve it.