A Special Christmas Greetings Card

the link Principal’s Corner December 1997Dear Alumni,Another semester has gone by soquickly! So rapidly, in fact, that Icannot believe that I have alreadybeen in Les Roches for two fullyears.The School has gone through aperiod of significant change. Wehave now become a Four Year EducationalInstitution delivering ourown Bachelor of Science in InternationalHospitality. Besides this, LesRoches is the first Hotel ManagementSchool in Switzerland to obtainaccreditation at baccalaureate levelfrom the New England Associationof Schools and Colleges, Inc. USA.The first group of students followingthe Bachelor of Scienceunder our management will graduateon May 20th, 1998. It will be amilestone in the annals of LesRoches, and if you are in this area,you are most welcome to attend thehistoric event.This latest exercise of accreditationhas changed the managementstyle of the school. Now all parties,faculty, staff, and students areinvolved in the management process.They participate in a consultantrole within our strategic developmentconcept. You, theAlumni, are also a part of thisplan.More and more, we shall be invitingthe Alumni to demonstratetheir loyalty and attachment to theSchool. This will be done throughthe organisation of talks, seminars,participation at the GraduationCeremonies, etc.From out there in your dailydealings in the industry, we wouldwelcome all news about the latesttrends and innovations you haveRadisson SASHotels World Wideobserved. Informing us of thesecould be combined with your commentson the School courses - theiradequacy and their eventual shortcomings- as you see them now, inthe light of your industrial experience.Up-to-date feedback of this kind isvital for us and can be used anddeveloped in our courses andclasses. Everyone in Les Rocheswill deeply appreciate your activeco-operation and wholeheartedsupport.So, please make a point of keepingin touch and if you intend to visitEurope, Switzerland or Valais, domake sure that you drop by to seeus.I wish you all the best of success in1998.Eric E. Favre,PrincipalBoard of GovernorsChairman Marcel Clivaz andVice-Chairman Robin Spearman.At an extraordinary sub-committeemeeting held in Barcelona,Spain on December 3 1997,important decisions were madeconcerning the reorganisation ofthe Board of Governors.There will be 13 members. Thenext “link” will feature the completelist of Board Members.There are representatives of theSwiss Hotel Association, of LesRoches, of international hotelchains and private, Swiss, worldwide renowned hotels, of universitiesand of multinational hotelsupplier companies.The Board will be convenedtwice per year, alternatively inBluche and elsewhere in theworld.The Board will seek to enhancethe reputation of the School by:- Advising on curriculum content- Providing opportunities for intraineesand graduates.- Being a source of information tothe faculty and owners aboutchanges in the global hospitalityindustry- Representing the School atnational and international meetingsand congresses.Robin and ChristineMr Buchner, Mme Luanda and Mr. FavreTraining & Development.Learning ExcellenceRadissson SAS Hotels Worldwide -one of Europe’s fastest-growingmodern hotel and hospitality servicescompanies - owns, leases,manages and franchises modernhotels and resorts. Additionally, ittakes great care in appropriatelypreparing its staff, as its trainingprogrammes demonstrate.Brussels-based SAS InternationalHotels formed its co-operativeagreement with Radisson HospitalityWorldwide in 1994, brandingits alliance Radisson HotelsWorldwide (RSH). The alliancegrew throughout 1996 from 29 to82 hotels in 25 countries and thecompany has set its goal to operate100 efficient and modern firstclasshotels by the end of 1997.RSH has hotels in many countriesstretching from Scandinavia toMalta and from the UK to Russia.In addition, it has hotels in China,Jordan, Kuwait, and Oman. RSHis committed to the developmentof its employees through innovativeand exciting training programmesThe Radisson SAS ManagementSchool is a pioneer and trend-setterin its field. Says Beth-JeanetteLuanda, Vice President HumanResources based at RadissonSAS’s Corporate Office in Brussels,“Because our employees areour most valuable resource, weare totally committed to developingthem and their humantalents”There was a large turnout of thirdyear students for a dynamic presentationof the Radisson Trainingprogram given by Mme Luandaand Mr Dieter Buchner, CorporateHuman Resources Director. Aninteresting highlight was the telephonelink-up with the Radissonin Copenhagen where two LesRoches Graduates Robin Morgan(Sweden Sum’90) and ChristineHassler, Denmark (Sum ’94)answered the pertinent questionsput to them by the students at theassembly.5