Dusit Hospitality Management and École hôtelière de Lausanne Redefine Higher Education in Philippine Hospitality Management

From left to right: (back row) Dusit Hospitality Management College and dusitD2 The Fort Manila, Managing Director Frouke Gerbens; dusitD2 The Fort, Manila and Dusit Hospitality Management College Task Force Director – Hotel Operations & Facilities; Michel Rochat – EHL Group CEO; Ruud Reuland – Dusit International Education Advisor; Olivier Roux – EHL Group CMO and EHL Advisory Services SMD; Dr. Juan-Francisco Perellon – EHL Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
(front row) Suphajee Suthumpun - Dusit International Group CEO; Manny Villar – Chairman of the Board; Camille Villar – Vista Land Managing Director; André Witschi – EHL Foundation President; and Beth Tolentino – Dusit Hospitality Education Philippines President 

Dusit Hospitality Management College welcomes École hôtelière de Lausanne to its premier learning facility at Bonifacio Global City

MANILA, October 2019 – Dusit Hospitality Management College (DHMC), the premier institute for higher education distinguished by its unique integrated platform with dusitD2 The Fort, Manila welcomed Dusit International executives and esteemed educators from world-renowned École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in October 2019 as part of its progressive academic certification.

In 2018, Dusit Hospitality Management College launched its Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management as part of a trailblazing vision to groom the next generation of industry professionals and leaders. The program is certified by the esteemd École hôtelière de Lausanne which boasts of a rich 126-year history on higher learning and is currently the top-ranked university in hospitality management education. With an inspired collaboration, DHMC presents the finest Swiss hospitality education has to offer with dynamic classroom learning, innovative industry approach and operation assignment set in hotels and restaurants of international standards.

As part of École hôtelière de Lausanne’s world-class instruction and the stringent quality of higher education, management and faculty members of DHMC have been certified as qualified learning facilitators between 2018 and 2019. This October, EHL returns to Philippine shores to visit its cutting edge facility set in bustling Bonifacio Global City. Mr. André Witschi (EHL Foundation President), Mr. Michel Rochat (CEO EHL Group), Mr. Olivier Roux (CMO EHL Group) and Dr. Juan-Francisco Perellon (Chief Risk & Compliance Officer) forms the esteemed educators and officials visiting for DHMC’s accredition since the college opened its doors to students batch 2019-2020 in August. The group is met by Dusit International's Executive Committee Leaders, Ms. Suphajee Suthumpun (Group CEO Dusit International) and Mr. Siradej Donavanik (Vice President of Development and Projects Dusit International Managing Director ASAI Hotels); Dusit International's Education Advisor Mr. Ruud Reuland and Dusit Hospitality Management College's Managing Director Ms. Frouke Gerbens.

“Heartwarming service hospitality has been an attribute easily associated with Filipino professionals,” shares DHMC Managing Director, Frouke Gerbens. “It is in this spirit that Dusit Hospitality Management College chose to embark in this innovative and ambitious endeavor here in the Philippines in cooperation with École hôtelière de Lausanne. With its certified hospitality management program and qualified learning facilitators at DHMC, future hoteliers and concept entrepreneurs are enabled to pursue careers in the growing hospitality sector set in a global landscape.”

The official visit takes guests to Dusit Hospitality Management College’s cutting-edge facilities featuring: interactive classrooms with modern AV equipment; spacious learning kitchens; inventive learning venues including a wine science laboratory and operations simulation wing; and collaborative study areas with the learning resource center and students’ think tank.