Certified Professional Foundation in English for the Hospitality Industry HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute

The Certified Professional Foundation course in English in an ideal way for students to strengthen their English language skills before commencing the Certified Professional in Hospitality Operations program or joining the first year of academic studies at HTMi Sörenberg campus. This program is designed to help students to acquire the competence, confidence, and skills necessary to study at higher-level courses. A key feature of the course is students utilize their developed language skills by introducing hospitality training in the various parts of their Hospitality Training and Development Centres at HTMi. The courses and pace of teaching are tailored to meet the needs of each respective group of students.

HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute prepares students for a management career in the global hospitality industry. The institute has five centres for excellence, they are: The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management, The International Hospitality Research Centre, The International Centre for Events Management Training, The Centre for Career Management and The Centre for Culinary Management.A Leading Hotel Management Institute in the World! HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute prepares students for a management career in the global hospitality industry. The institute has five centers for excellence, they are: The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management, The International Hospitality Research Center, The International Center for Events Management Training, The Center for Career Management and The Center for Culinary Management. The mission for all students is "Come as student, leave as a manager" The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management provides high-quality education, training and work internships to all students. Students gain Swiss-style diplomas for education and for training, followed by a Bachelor or MBA degree from universities with a long-standing tradition for excellence in degree-level education, all taught in English. The Bachelor Degree is awarded by the University of Ulster and the MBA Degree is awarded by Queen Margaret University. HTMi and the courses are accredited and recognized by the official Swiss government quality agency EDUQUA, BAC (British Accreditation Council) from the UK, and the undergraduate level courses are accredited by the Institute of Hospitality.On behalf of the HTMi Faculty Board, I welcome you to HTMi. Over the next decade, the international hotel and tourism industry is forecast to maintain its position as the worlds largest employer of people, and largest provider of management positions. We are in a truly international industry, which demands an international mix of managers, to reflect the international nature of our hotels. HTMi’s role is to prepare students for a management career in this, the most exciting industry today.

To allow our students to research, study and train in different aspects of the hotel and tourism industry, HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute has four ‘centres for excellence’. They are: The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management, The International Hospitality Research Centre, The International Centre for Events Management Training and The Centre for Culinary Management. Our teaching faculty are all highly qualified and are fully dedicated to our mission of preparing all students for management positions in the hotel and tourism industry, ranging from trainee managers, to middle managers to senior managers.

HTMi is supported by a world-wide support network of offices and international hotel companies. To assist us with our mission, each semester, international hotel companies visit us to recruit on campus. In this they are assisted by the HTMi International Department. Our graduates can be found in the leading hotel companies world-wide.