Switzerland Country of Choice for Hotel Management Education at any time, more than 5000 students from all over the world are studying at one of the numerous hotel management schools in Switzerland for successful careers in hospitality and its related fields. Today, a large number of executives in the global hotel industry are graduates of Swiss hotel schools. Switzerland has been one of the first countries to develop tourism as a major industry and the country still enjoying an excellent reputation in this field.

A typical feature of Swiss hotel management schools is the combination of operational training with a varying degree of business administration subjects, and the emphasis placed on the development of the students' personality. Operational training includes an exposure to practical work up to the level necessary for the understanding of related departmental management procedures. This operational training is considered essential by the hotel industry, but is often missing or not paid sufficient attention at other schools, particularly in the countless university hotel management programs in North America. The kind of discipline, grooming and professional attitude expected from students at hotel management schools in Switzerland is normally not enforceable at schools in other countries because of the autonomy the Swiss School enjoy.

Finally, another important asset is the international environment at most Swiss hotel management schools. In view of the globalisation of the economy, it is vital that future managers learn to work with people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. With up to 50 different nationalities at Swiss hotel management schools, students are fully immersed in this environment.