PRESTIGIOUS Swiss hospitality school Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, in partnership with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF), will provide partial scholarships for Caribbean nationals seeking undergraduate degrees at the institution.
This follows the inking of a memorandum of understanding between CHTAEF and the Switzerland-based Les Roches.
Known for its rigid preparation of students for successful international careers in the hospitality and service industries, Les Roches, with its main campus in Bluche, Switzerland, will provide supplementary funding to CHTAEF scholarship recipients.
It will supplement CHTAEF's annual US$5,000 bursary each year with a 20 to 25 per cent scholarship for each recipient over three and a half years. Students must pursue the Bachelor in Business Administration programme in Global Hospitality Management. The school's Marbella campus in Spain will provide a similar estimated contribution.
Thanking the school for its generous support of Caribbean students, Karolin Troubetzkoy, chairman of CHTAEF, asserted that for Caribbean tourism to remain competitive on a global scale, "our Caribbean hospitality leaders of the future must be given access to the highest- quality education and training the world has to offer".
Troubetzkoy, who is also executive director of the globally acclaimed Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain resorts in St Lucia, added "our partnership with Les Roches presents an excellent opportunity for Caribbean nationals to receive a highly desirable hospitality business degree, gain an entrepreneurial mindset and a global outlook in the process".
Les Roches' Regional Admissions Director Beatriz Blecher Catto stated that "as a top-ranked hospitality management institution, we are honoured to offer these scholarships to students from the Caribbean and support the key initiative of CHTAEF to develop the region's people by educating future talent for the dynamic and growing hospitality and tourism industry".
Les Roches touts the international environment at the school, saying it promotes awareness and understanding of national and cultural differences and encourages students to work together in teams to improve interpersonal skills. It said, too, that its graduates embark on their careers not only armed with knowledge, but also with confidence, basic experience and important skills which allow them to successfully face career challenges.
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