Welcome to the AIHS News and Events

• Laureate International Universities
• Win at Great Tourism Debate for second time
• Alumni Functions 2008
• Career Focus Days 2008
• AIHS Information Seminars 2008

Australia's two leading hotel schools, Australian International Hotel School and Blue Mountains Hotel School, are now part of Laureate International Universities (LIU) network.

(L-R) At the media launch on 3 December at Park Hyatt Sydney, (L-R) Mr Fritz Gubler (former Director), Mr David Graves, President Northern Europe and Laureate Hospitality Education (current Director), Mr Ingmar Berg, Senior Vice President, Laureate Hospitality Asia (current Director), Mr Max Player, Mr Gavin Faull (former Directors), Mr Guy Bentley (current CEO). [Read More...]

AIHS Students win Great Tourism Debate for second time

In a spirited and entertaining exchange of views for the Great Tourism Debate 2008 hosted this morning at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Reid campus, students from the Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) defeated the proposition that “Canberra will never be a major tourism destination” argued by the team from the University of Canberra (UC). [Read More...]

Alumni Functions 2008

A joint Alumni function is being planned to occur in the middle of 2008 in Sydney for AIHS and BMHS Alumni.

Details will be emailed to all Alumni on our database with current email addresses. Could you click ALUMNI and email your current email address and inform us of other Alumni to contact so that as many as possible have an opportunity to attend this exciting inaugural event.

Career Focus Days 2008

Brochure available on request CFD

AIHS Information Seminars

Seminars and AIHS Campus visits will be held at regular times during 2008.

Or click on Information Seminars to make convenient arrangement

AIHS News and Events

A NEW PARTNERSHIP AND A NEW DIRECTION: UQ QUALITY ENDORSES DEGREE FOR LEADING PRIVATE HOTEL SCHOOLS

The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management Schools P/L (BMIHMS) are pleased to announce the signing of a five-year strategic partnership agreement.

Under the agreement UQ’s School of Tourism will quality endorse BMIHMS’ Bachelor of Business, delivered by Blue Mountains Hotel School in Leura, New South Wales, and the Australian International Hotel School in Canberra. Prof Cooper, Head of UQ’s School of Tourism, said that at a time when the Australian tourism and hospitality industry is suffering a considerable skills shortage, education institutions need to ‘be clever’ about making new linkages which deliver skilled graduates to the workforce.

“Both the university and private education sectors must be in a position to provide industry with a reliable supply of capable, enthusiastic and knowledgeable tourism and hospitality professionals," said Prof Cooper. “This partnership will allow our institutions to offer mutual support and recognition of quality tourism and hospitality management programs. “The School of Tourism is uniquely positioned as the only dedicated tourism school within the Group of Eight sandstone universities as well as the only university in Australia to receive certification from the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

“Similarly Blue Mountains Hotel School is internationally recognised as a leading private education provider and the first in Australia to receive
certification from the UNWTO.

“Together we have a great potential to enhance each others’ activities and ensure that our programs continue to satisfy industry needs in addition to being academically rigorous.”

Mr Guy Bentley, CEO of BMIHMS and Principal of the Blue Mountains Hotel School, said the partnership signals a new direction for our two schools.

“We are breaking ranks with other private hotel schools in Australia which are either part-owned by or closely affiliated with universities and deliver their qualifications,” Mr Bentley said.

“BMIHMS has the expertise and experience to deliver its own accredited Bachelor of Business qualification quality endorsed by UQ, one of Australia’s leading universities.

“It is a mark of our academic maturity and confidence that BMIHMS has formed this alliance.

“We are delighted to have such a prestigious strategic partner with a worldwide reputation for research and honoured to have our own Bachelor of Business degree program receive this endorsement.”

In addition to endorsement the institutions will look for other opportunities to collaborate, Mr Bentley said postgraduate students from the Australian International Hotel School will benefit from UQ’s strong research base through a guest lecturer program.

BMIHMS and UQ will also use this agreement to pursue joint research projects in the tourism industries. Both BMIHMS and AIHS are members of the ORION Hotel Schools global alliance, which will work closely with UQ to establish The ORION Research and Consultancy Centre in 2007.