Hospitality Brand Design
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
Great branding matters whether you are a start-up or a legacy business. Creating successful brands follows a process that is part art and part science. Learn the value of branding and how it is researched, shaped and executed at successful hospitality brands around the world. The process of branding is a collaborative, multi-faceted process led by a team of right-brain (creatives) and left-brain (pragmatists) thinkers.
This course is highly valuable to a number of audiences: advanced university students of marketing and brand management, middle and senior managers in the hospitality and service sector aiming to create or strengthen the company brand, and for parties dealing with increasing long-term company value through strategic brand design.
You will learn how to move through the research and strategy phases through the creative process to arrive at a brand that is distinctive and desirable. This course helps you understand the process and deliverables, then offers templates and exercises for you to build your own hospitality brand. The participants are expected to watch all the video content under each module, acquaint themselves with additional materials provided, and then take the quizzes. The quiz can be taken 3 times and we recommend that participants watch the videos and practise until they feel they master the topic.
Effective Leadership in Modern Hospitality
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
The Hospitality Industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes food & beverage service, event planning, theme parks, travel and tourism, hotels, etc. The industry uses a diverse workforce, which includes a variety of positions that may or may not have a strong educational component. Understanding this diversity and human behavior in hospitality is vital not only with the employees but also with the changing customer behavior. In this course, the participant will learn to develop organizational culture, employee experience, customer experience, and leadership. The participant will also learn to understand how change management can improve the company. The participant will be introduced to the contexts of the Experience Economy, psychological capital, DiSC® personality theory, and ADKAR change
James Suckling teaches Wine Appreciation
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Called one of the “world’s most powerful wine critics,” James Suckling has tasted more than 200,000 wines over the past 40 years. In his wine tasting MasterClass, James tours legendary Tuscan vineyards and teaches you to explore the stories, history, and people behind every bottle. Deepen your knowledge of the properties in each sip, cultivate your passion, and choose, order, and pair wines with confidence.