EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne

Master Programme
In the MHA programme you won‟t necessarily go down the traditional path. We know that you are at a
turning point in your life and we are offering you a journey of intensive discovery. What we try to do is
give you the range: you will explore areas that you might not be naturally drawn to. Probably not one
of our students would have thought of revenue management as an exciting subject or would have
chosen it. Yet for some it has been a decisive and extraordinary career choice.
What we do is float possibilities past you. We don‟t try to evaluate you too early or push you into one
direction or another. And at one point a light comes on.
The range of backgrounds and cultures represented among Master's students is always varied,
which makes for stimulating interaction and exchange.
Different life experiences have allowed each student to develop an individual set of personal and
professional competencies. We combine these with others to create an unusual new profile that
opens up unique career opportunities.
Because backgrounds vary, the perspective for the future will also vary. Some students, perhaps
career climbers, will be focused on a specific hospitality or entrepreneurial area; others, like career
changers, will be exploring the breadth of options in the hospitality sector. The programme is the
common catalyst to help each of them develops the skills, hard and soft, which they need for the next
professional step.
Hilary Murphy, Ines Ghorbal
Programme Directors
Master in Hospitality Administration
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