The Glion Institute of Higher Education in Montreux, Switzerland, plans to offer what is billed as “the world’s first fully-accredited online MBA in the field of International Hospitality Management,” according to hotelworldnetwork.com March 11.
"We at Glion are very excited to announce our new MBA in International Hospitality Management which is fully delivered online,” said Christian Beek, CEO, Glion Institute of Higher Education. “The program was developed based on industry research conducted in 2005 and 2009 with over 1,000 hospitality managers around the world. As leaders in hospitality management education, we feel it is important to find new and flexible alternatives for industry managers to reach their full potential.”
The online MBA, which will begin August 2010, will focus on the study of organizations, international management theory and “the changing external contexts in which they operate.” Specializations within the online program include General Management for Service Industries, Marketing and Innovation and Asset and Revenue Management. The degree, designed for working professionals, will take three years and include a dissertation. Students can apply to the program from around the globe.
In offering this degree, Glion is a partner with Laureate Hospitality Education, a division of Laureate International Universities and a global network of higher education institutions in 21 countries. In 2007, Glion was ranked as one of the top three hospitality management schools in the world for international careers. And Laureate Hospitality Education also works with such universities such as Walden University in the United States and the University of Liverpool in England.
For more info see, http://hotelworldnetwork.com/ . And for more info on Glion see http://www.glion.edu/ .
