Enderun Colleges and Switzerland’s Les Roches Swiss Hotel Association School of Hotel Management have entered into an academic partnership agreement that allows Enderun students to earn Certificates in Hospitality Operations from Les Roches, as they study for their bachelor’s degrees in International Hospitality Management at Enderun. Enderun, a new four year college, located in Manila’s Ortigas Central Business district, offers a full range of bachelor’s degree and non-degree courses in the fields of hotel and restaurant management and culinary arts. The Les Roches Swiss Hotel Association School of Hotel Management, located in the Swiss Alps, is among the world’s most prestigious and highly respected hospitality management schools, with a world-renowned faculty, a student body representing more than 60 countries, and a global alumni network, that includes some of the hospitality industry’s most successful executives and entrepreneurs.
The Les Roches certificate programme will be fully integrated into the Enderun curriculum, and will allow Enderun students, who pass a qualifying exam, to gain Les Roches certification after only two years of study. After earning the certificate, hospitality management students will have the option of completing their four-year degrees at Enderun, or of transferring to Les Roches’ campuses in Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, and earning either a Diploma, accredited by the Swiss Hotel Association or a Les Roches bachelor’s degree, accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The full transferability of credits between Enderun and Les Roches will in most cases enable transferring certificate holders to earn Les Roches Diplomas with only a year of additional coursework, and bachelor’s degrees with only two years of additional study.
"The Enderun-Les Roches partnership offers a whole new world of possibilities to Philippine students, considering degrees in hospitality management and culinary arts," said Jack Tuason, Lead Founder of Enderun, and Chairman of its Advisory Board. "Enderun’s mission is to prepare students for leadership positions in the opportunity-rich global hospitality industry. By incorporating the best of Swiss practise into a programme that combines general management training, broad general education in the humanities and sciences, and an emphasis on entrepreneurial values, Enderun has taken another step ahead of the field. Only at Enderun can students gain a recognized international credential, from the world’s best-known hospitality management school, without leaving the Philippines."
David Graves, President of Les Roches, agreed, noting the vast potential for international-class hospitality management education in the Philippines. "The Asian travel and tourism industry is poised for a period of explosive growth, while the global demand for hospitality industry executives and entrepreneurs—especially in Europe and North America, where populations are ageing and talented young graduates are relatively scarce-- is climbing through all-time highs. The Philippines, renowned for its hospitality, and boasting a youthful, English speaking populace, can become a leading source for managerial and entrepreneurial talent in the hospitality industry worldwide. But all will depend on the quality of its hospitality management graduates. Enderun and Les Roches, working together, will prepare students for this rapidly changing global marketplace, and establish new standards for hospitality management and culinary education in the Philippines. We are pleased to be working with Enderun, and confident that Les Roches certification will give Enderun graduates a measurable edge over graduates of competing institutions."
Enderun Colleges is located at 2/F Wynsum Corporate Plaza Emerald Avenue Ortigas Center, Pasig City. It may be reached at (632) 638.5555 or (632) 636.1613 for inquiries or visit www.enderun.com.ph.
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