EHL Hospitality Business School

Jacques Tschumi was the founder and president of the Ecole hôtelière, managing director of the Lausanne Beau Rivage Palace and an influential member of the Society of Swiss Hoteliers; he championed the creation of the school to train professional hotel staff.

EHL is known as a multicultural institution, welcoming around 126 nationalities.

In today’s global hospitality industry, managers need to have hospitality know-how and a broader set of strategic business skills to reach upper-level positions. 

To satisfy these requirements for companies and future hospitality professionals, we offer a wide array of hospitality management degrees for people with varying backgrounds and career aspirations.

All degrees are delivered by EHL, which is recognized as a Swiss University of Applied Science and which has an American (NECHE) accreditation. Plus, our degrees comply with the Bologna requirements using the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

For applied research projects, faculty members conduct hospitality research in a variety of managerial disciplines and are regularly recognized with research awards. Working independently or together with academic colleagues or industry professionals, they tackle issues that benefit the industry while simultaneously contributing to excellence in hospitality education.

The hospitality and tourism industry includes many sub-sectors that are open to hospitality management graduates. The following list shows the closely related hospitality and tourism industry sectors.

• Accommodation: hotels, resorts, vacation rentals, camping, etc.
• Food & beverage: restaurants, night clubs, franchises, catering, food trucks
• Travel: airlines, cruise ships, private jets and charters
• Tourism: excursions, tour packages, destination management
• Events: festivals, concerts, conferences, fashion shows, etc.
• Sports & recreation: international competitions, private clubs, rentals, retail