SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern explained

Founded in 1909, SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern is a Swiss hospitality management institute in Lucerne, Switzerland.

SHL is one of the original Swiss hotel management schools and offers one of the two Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management degrees in Switzerland accredited by the Swiss federal government and in compliance with the Bologna Declaration.^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

The founding organisation of SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern, Union Helvetia – today Hotel & Gastro Union - was founded 1886 with a strong focus on the professional development of hotel employees.^[4] With the boom of hotel construction in Switzerland, which was specifically aimed at tourists (between 1890 and 1914), the demand for talented and trained hotel employees also increased.^[5] To meet this demand, Union Helvetia opened the SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern in 1909.^[6]

Education

SHL offers two main programmes:

• The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with major in Hospitality Management (4-year full-time programme, taught in English), which is offered in cooperation with the HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, combines and intermeshes hotel management and business administration.^[7]
• Dipl. Hoteliere-Gastronomin / Hotelier-Gastronom HF, consisting of four practice-oriented semesters, two five-month industry internships and a six-month employment in a management position.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Die Schweizerischen Höheren Fachschulen für Hotellerie und Gastronomie . hotelbildung.ch . hotelleriesuisse, Hotel & Gastro union, GastroSuisse . 13.
2. Web site: Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management . Lucerne University of Applied Schiences and Arts, Hochschule Luzern . Hochschule Luzern.
3. Web site: Bologna-Prozess . Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft . Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI.
4. Web site: Statuten und statutarische Reglemente der Hotel & Gastro Union . Hotel & Gastro Union . Hotel & Gastro Union . 2.
5. Web site: Alpen, Tourismus, Infrastruktur . Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz . Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz . 2013-07-17.
6. Bieder . Hermann . Jahresbericht 1909, Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern . 1909.
7. Web site: Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management . Hochschule Luzern . Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hochschule Luzern.
8. Web site: Allgemeine Informationen zu Höheren Fachschulen . Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft . Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI.
9. Web site: Berufsverzeichnis dipl. Hôtelière-Restauratrice HF / dipl. Hôtelier-Restaurateur HF . Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft . Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation.