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Michaël has been studying at Vatel Bordeaux for the past two years to obtain his diploma in International Hotel Management. He joined our establishment with a very clear idea in mind concerning his future career plan Michaël, could you introduce yourself and briefly describe your profile and career so far? While pursuing […]
Pierre Mettelin has been teaching at Vatel for just under two years and is already one of the most appreciated members of our teaching staff. He granted us a brief interview on the subject of his rather unusual career path and his views on Vatel and its students. You have been teaching […]
“We are UNICEF” party organized by two Vatel Bordeaux students On the 10th April this year, the « WE ARE UNICEF » evening was held at “LE DECK”, one of the best known clubs in Bordeaux. With famous DJ’s like Davidian of Label Kitsuné, Alvy and Jules Dubreuil providing the musical entertainment, this […]
Bordeaux is elected the Best European Destination 2015 and won this prestigious title after a three weeks’ period of online voting among 20 selected destinations competing. Participants from Tourism Offices, community managers of social networks and 244,696 online voters ! Bordeaux has always been a dynamic, cosmopolitan city and never ceases to reveal exciting, new […]
Meeting with Koen Slingerland, a 3rd year Bachelor student who has just launched « WORK ! », a website designed to help students find work as « extras » in the hotel-restaurant business and at the same time satisfy a real demand from professionals. Can you briefly introduce yourself ? I’m 21 years old and I was born in Holland. […]
In the latest edition dated January 2015 of “Luxury Hoteliers” Magazine, Edouard Grosmangin, a Vatel alumni gives his testimonial about the evolution of guest relation management and the challenges to keep in line with guest expectations, the impact of the integration of new technologies and social media as his vision for the new expected trends for 2015.
Interview of Bérengère Bulgheresi-Descuilhes, a young entrepreneur who graduated in 2012 These are rather complicated times for entrepreneurs… It is not always easy to start out on the workplace as a young graduate in the current economic context. Most Vatel alumni prefer salaried positions providing both job security and a way of gaining experience before striking […]
Interview of Valeriya Komissarova, a Russian student attending the VATEL MBA in Wine § Spirits Business Management in Bordeaux What did you study since you graduated from high school? After finishing a high school in Novosibirsk, I came to Switzerland for a foundation year in Swiss Hotel Management School in Leysin – small mountain […]
On 14 January, Anthony Torkington, Managing Director of the Saint-James in Bouliac (member of the Relais et Châteaux association), spoke to our 1st year students undertaking the International MBA course. As a hospitality professional recognised for his understanding of the international luxury hotel market, he began by describing his own professional background, from his […]
As part of their MBA International Hotel Management course, Vatel’s two first year classes each spent an afternoon visiting Darwin Eco-System, an innovative and environmentally-committed centre in Bordeaux. Our students were accompanied by their teacher Michel Londeix who, being a tenant on the premises, was able to underline the management issues involved in the running […]