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In 2017, the number of franchises reached 8,820 in the hotel and restaurant industry, which amounts to 279 additional companies in just a year. Stephan Gora from Atout Franchise explains the reasons behind this success.   What is a franchise? Franchises are a way of selling service products, entailing technology between two companies. There is [...]

  President of the Group for the Insertion of Physically Disabled Persons in Aquitaine, (GIHP) Alain Rousset speaks to us about actions carried out and supported by his association, such as the well-known “Dinner in the Dark” that Tables Vatel Bordeaux organized on Saturday, April 21. Please tell us about the Group for the Insertion [...]

Jean-Etienne Palard, with degrees from the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure and Sciences PO Paris, is also a lecturer in finance. When he lectured at Vatel Bordeaux, he spoke about how the world of finance impacts the hospitality and catering industries. Tell us about your background. You can say I wear three hats: One which is [...]

In her first year of her bachelor’s degree, Marielle Macias Cervello talks about Vatel Bordeaux, the city of Bordeaux and her place of birth, Oaxaca (Southern Mexico). Why did you choose Vatel and Vatel Bordeaux particularly? I chose Vatel because they have an international network and the program they have to do practical experience and [...]

Just a few weeks after having returned from the 4L Trophy, Tanguy Forcade and Alexandre Piquer tell us more about this adventure. Let's watch their video here.  The humanitarian dimension was what motivated you. Are you satisfied with the amount of money raised? The rally raised over 36,000 euros. The “Enfants du Désert” Association can [...]

Currently in his second Bachelor year at Vatel Mauritius in the framework of the Marco Polo program, William Leboeuf plunges us into the Mauritian culture with its hotel resorts.   After his first year at Vatel Bordeaux, William Leboeuf decided to do the Marco Polo program. With this program, students spend their second year in [...]

As an ambitious and passionate hotelier from Malaysia, Keen Tze ventured abroad onto the shores of France, specifically in Bordeaux, to broaden his experience in the industry, learn the ins and outs of French hospitality culture and to, hopefully, add a new exciting language under his belt! Keen Tze enjoys challenges and is also an [...]

“Le Quatrième Mur,” which has been open since September 2015, defines itself as a “chic and contemporary brasserie.”Located in the prestigious national opera, Philippe Etchebest is its conductor. His “Tables d’Hôtes” have just been awarded their first star in the 2018 Guide Michelin. The 23 students in Vatel Bordeaux’s second Bachelor year (M2B) had the [...]

Sophie Balanche, a 2016 Vatel Bordeaux international hospitality management alumni (Bachelor), tells us about some of her multicultural management experiences when she went to Vatel Bordeaux. She is currently doing her final internship (MBA), at the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria as a “personal concierge.”  Sophie Balanche, who has lived in Bordeaux since she was fifteen, [...]

Coming from South Korea, Lucia Song is at the head of her class in our 2016-2017 MBA Wine & Spirits.   She fell in love with the city of Bordeaux. Here is why. Named Seung Huyn, she uses her English name, Lucia. Lucia comes from a small city near Seoul (South Korea) After studying in Korea, she [...]