Steigenberger to offer employees higher education

The Steigenberger Hotel Group has partnered with the IST School of Management to offer a dual course of higher education study to its employees.

The programme, which will offer a BA in Hotel Management, will begin in the coming winter semester and provide managerial talent with training that opens up international career opportunities.

“We set great store by offering our staff the personal and professional support they need in order to become outstanding specialists and managers,” said Steigenberger Hotels AG vice president of human resources Roberto Rojas.

He added: "The dual course of higher education study at the IST School of Management, which leads to a Bachelor qualification in Hotel Management, is a flexible training programme which meets the demands that our company makes in terms of quality.”

The course is a dual distance learning programme which combines practical company-based vocational education and training with academic teaching.

“Students spend the majority of their study time at the company, where they are integrated into operational procedures,” commented Thomas Corinth, who is responsible for the course at the IST School of Management.

“They pass through the various departments of a hotel business and thus are able to learn all tasks and activities from scratch.”

The course makes use of multimedia forms of teaching such as online lectures, tutorials and exercises. Certain selected modules require face-to-face teaching, and also facilitates networking with branch experts and fellow students.