Glion Institute of Higher Education, one of the top ranked hospitality management schools in the world, is marking the one-year anniversary of the first 100% online MBA in International Hospitality and Service Industries Management from a dedicated hospitality institution.
Both industry partners and working professionals have responded enthusiastically to the new program, with over one hundred professionals joining the online MBA since it launched in August 2010. Delivered entirely online in an innovative, interactive environment, the Glion Online MBA offers industry professionals the opportunity to pursue higher education without interrupting their careers.
Kate Buchanan M.A., Program Director says: “With over 40 different nations represented in just five intakes - the Glion Online MBA has continued the international reputation and ‘Glion spirit’ of camaraderie established by its on-campus counterpart. Our students bring five to 15 years of senior work experience into Glion’s virtual classroom, benefitting from an extraordinarily strong pool of executive knowledge. In just one year, we’ve seen a thriving culture of weekly debate and discussions come into existence.”
The program attracts professionals working directly in the hospitality and tourism industry as well as professionals from the wider service industries such as finance, insurance, travel and real estate who want to benefit from an MBA with hospitality and services focus.
“The program looks as if it has been tailor-made for me”, Maria-Fernanda Elling, Glion Online MBA student from Ecuador, states. “The approach is fantastic. You read and then discuss with your fellow students and you learn from their experiences as well. I am confident that the program will give me the tools I need to work in line with current management trends. In the current job market, people expect 120% from you.”
An MBA for a changing industry
A board of industry advisors helped to develop the program’s wide reaching managerial content and multi-track specialization options, resulting in content that closely reflects the very latest industry trends.
In a recent paper*, Dr Martin Senior, Program Leader for the Glion Online MBA, underlines the value of an MBA in today’s rapidly changing business world. “An MBA curriculum actually serves as a useful and necessary process in updating and maintaining the relevance of the management profession in almost any organization or industry,”
“As the hospitality industry, along with tourism, continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly diverse and sophisticated, leading to greater complexity for the hospitality service manager to oversee. The MBA is just one of the very popular and credible ways in which the industry can update and professionalize its management cadre.”
For hospitality managers who work long, erratic hours in distant locations, an online MBA is much more accessible, making the qualification more achievable, Dr Senior concludes.
Anniversary offer
To mark the one year anniversary, Glion has a special offer of 15% off tuition fees for new students who apply in time for the August 22 intake. Prospective students can find out if they qualify by registering online at www.gliononline.com
Kate Buchanan says, “I’m thrilled with the success we’ve experienced in our first year and the number and quality of students we have welcomed on to the program. I see this as a real opportunity to continue supporting the hospitality and service industries’ need to develop and train top talent.”
*Senior, M (June 2011) The Relevance of an MBA in the Changing Hospitality Industry.
About Laureate Hospitality Education
Laureate Hospitality Education is a unique and global group of institutions that provides hospitality, tourism, event, sport and entertainment management education to students from over 100 countries. It is comprised of 8 premium and leading institutions in 5 countries and 4 continents, thus offering the industry an amazing pool of talents.
Schools include Glion Institute of Higher Education, Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and Les Roches-Gruyère University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Spain, Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College in Shanghai, China, Kendall College in Chicago, USA, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School and Australian International Hotel School in Australia. For more information, please visit: www.laureatehospitality.com
About Glion Institute of Higher Education
Glion Institute of Higher Education is a private Swiss university which offers undergraduate, graduate and post graduate programs of up to three and a half years of study. Glion is accredited at university level by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) and offers programs in the fields of hospitality, tourism, event, sports and entertainment management. The campus based student body is comprised of over 1,600 students with more than 90 nationalities. There are 85 faculty members including full and part time equivalent lecturers as well as visiting lecturers.
For more information, please visit: www.glion.edu (campus based programs) or www.gliononline.com (online MBA).
About Glion Online MBA
The Glion Online MBA offers students a management curriculum that balances hospitality and tourism applied knowledge with a core of management and leadership theory and has distinct advantages for working professionals. Being able to continue their professional activity, students will directly apply theory and knowledge to practice. The Glion Online MBA preparing the working professionals to lead and manage, our graduates can expect to confidently advance into more senior positions within the hospitality and tourism industry; as well as change career path and consider other services industry options.
Online MBA staff development conference at GIHE
The inaugural online MBA staff development conference will take place at Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE) from 2-5 August 2011. Online MBA Faculty from as far away as California will join with campus based Faculty to share lectures, workshops and development meetings to further enhance knowledge and skills in both modes of delivery at GIHE’s Bulle Campus.
The Faculty will be joined by current MBA’s for two keynote events. The first one is a lecture and question and answer session on new trends and innovation in the industry by Phillippe Attia, the new Director General of GIHE. The second keynote event is a research colloquium on 3 August titled ‘Film Induced Tourism: Lights, Camera, Action?’ where the speaker will be Dr Noelle O'Connor of Limerick Institute of Technology whose research centers on the effects on tourism of films and TV programs.
These days will provide excellent networking and opportunities for academic collaboration and are another means by which the online MBA continues to contribute to the reach and portfolio of the institution as a whole.
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