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Students doing a hospitality and tourism two-year vocational degree, who will soon be graduating, decided to go to Bordeaux for their annual school trip. What kind of jobs can you get with a vocational degree in hospitality? Is my level high enough to continue my studies with an MBA? What do different schools expect from [...]
On March 11, Vatel Bordeaux hosted the L’Étiquette - Blind Tasting Inter-School Wine Tasting Challenge created by Kedge in 2016. Six teams of four students from the Kedge, the ESVV (School of wines and wine sciences), the EM Lyon and Vatel Bordeaux met to defend their schools’ colors. In front of a jury made [...]
A few words about the interesting presentation that Catherine Nicolas, a specialist in tea tasting and educational methods, gave us. The samovars are plugged in and an unusual odor of plants and fruit is penetrating the tasting room; quite a surprise for first year MBA students who are beginning their discovery workshop with the famous [...]
Let’s head to Martillac for a guided tour of Les Sources de Caudalie. Vatel first year MBA students were greeted by Marie Christine Ters, the hotel’s assistant manager and a Vatelien, for a general immersion into the 5* universe of the Sources Caudalie, an unusual palace in the heart of the Château Smith Haut Lafitte [...]
MBA Wine & Spirits Management students had the privilege of doing a wine tour to discover the world of Cognac. They left Bordeaux early in the morning to visit The House of Delamain, a trader in very high quality Cognacs since 1759. “With this tour, we were able to better understand what a trader […]
Vatel MBA International Wine & Spirits Management students toured the Chateau Castera vineyards. To get to know the people who make wine and the land that grapes grow on, you have to get out of the classroom. Students were happy to shed their uniforms for a tour of the heart of the Medoc region, […]
Hospitality has always been her vocation and Bianca Bekker is now starting her second Bachelor year, after a 4-month internship at the Vatel Bordeaux Hotel. Bianca is twenty years old and she spent her entire childhood in Africa. She travelled a lot during that time with her family and stayed in many different hotels. […]
Vatel Bordeaux, in July 2016, was the first hospitality management school with an Ecolabel certified application hotel. An approach included in a global educational project. “Our priority is to train our students to become aware of the stakes involved in companies so that they will be able to become key players in sustainable […]
Qian Qian Wu, a Chinese fifth year student, gives us her opinion on her schooling and life in Aquitaine. Why did you decide to study at Vatel Bordeaux? Because of Vatel’s great reputation! After I finished my Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management in Amiens, I wanted to specialize in the hospitality […]