Video Interview with Swiss Hotel Management School Students and Lecturer

Are you looking for a way to see the world while experiencing a diverse industry? Combine Passion with travel, experience a different day every day in an environment that has phenomenal demographic changes on the horizon and presents unlimited opportunities? What do the youngsters of today make of the hospitality industry and why do they choose this ever changing and challenging career path as a life choice?

Younghotelier.com speaks to a group of Swiss Hotel School Students to learn their thoughts and reasons why? During their trip to Dubai the initial reactions of the hotel students was that the possibilities were boundless! One may dream and conjure up irrational and fantasy like notions in their earlier years, but their recent experience from Dubai left quite an impression that this is in fact the place where your dreams come true! Also learn the ‘Teachers Thought of the Day’ from the groups’ excursions to Dubai! While wishing he was 20 years younger…………we are taken us back to our roots and the human truths that define this industry. Mr C.V.Wijeratne (lecturer at SSTH) believes the most important competency required in the industry is to keep the human element and be an actual human being! We have enough of technology, enough of materials but human beings will cry for nature in the future! With all of the tangibles at people’s fingertips nowadays ultimately it shall be the intangible ones that shall prove most valuable! Don’t try and teach the skills of the industry unless you have experienced it yourself! Learn more from this hospitality expert about the misconceptions the young talent of today hold about the industry………..read on!

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3 comments ↓

#1 Stefanie on 12.26.07 at 12:48 pm

Hello JJ and team

Thank you very much for the nice tour around the hotel and the VIP lunch at the speed race.

We enjoyed ourvisit very much and maybe we will be back soon or we see you at the food festival in passugg :-)

See you
Stef

#2 Solem on 12.27.07 at 10:41 pm

Good old Mr.CV :)

#3 Randi on 04.03.08 at 1:02 am

warmed my heart to see and HEAR Mr. CV again, still going strong :)

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