César Ritz Colleges Switzerland
César Ritz Colleges Switzerland provides the best hotel management programmes on three campuses located in Switzerland: La Bouveret, Lucerne, and Brig.
Focusing on the professional training and business education for future leaders in the hotel industry, the undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes combine theory with paid industry training in Switzerland and around the world. Intakes of students are four times each year: January, April, July, and October.
International placement is obtained through “Career Fairs” not only in Switzerland, but also around the world in places like Miami (2008), Hong Kong (2009) and Dubai (2010) where students usually receive job offers within 2 weeks after the trip. Recruitment visits to the César Ritz Colleges Switzerland campuses and a highly active alumni network provide more international placement opportunities for graduates.
César Ritz Colleges Switzerland is the first and only Swiss Hotel Management school to receive the prestigious World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) TedQual certification. The school was selected to host the European conference of the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organization TedQual in October 2010 in Brig with a theme of “The Role of Education in Developing Leaders for the Global Tourism Industry”.
EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT EDUCATION – Your Passport to a Successful Career
Today's global, competitive business environment is in need of highly qualified managers and leaders. The tourism and hospitality industry is the largest employer in the world with 236 million employees working in this field (World Tourism Organization). By 2016, it is estimated that the hospitality and tourism industry will employ over 280 million people (WTO).
The complexity of managing services in a multicultural and international environment demands talented, appropriately educated and trained young individuals. Recognized by the Swiss Hotel Schools Association the body that protects and maintain the quality, standards and reputation of the Swiss hotel industry, César Ritz Colleges Switzerland understand the needs of the hospitality industry and prepares students to lead this very demanding and fast growing sector into the future.