News from INTEHL

In 2009, the INTEHL Business Incubator supported the creation of new enterprises through its Student Business Projects (SBP) at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

The INTEHL Institute launched last Friday 27 SBPs (Student Business Projects) which will be carried out by graduating students from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

Round Table series - 08.05.2009

Panel: Banque UBS, Lombard Odier Banquiers Privés, Banque Crédit Agricole Suisse SA, Banque CIC Suisse SA, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA

L’EHL a accueilli le jeudi 4 juin une dizaine d’étudiants de l’ESSEC Business School, Paris. Les étudiants suivent le cursus « Institute for Service Innovation & Strategy ». Certains d’entre eux cherchent ensuite à travailler dans monde international du secteur de l’accueil, et notamment dans le tourisme, l’hôtellerie ou encore le domaine du luxe.

Friday, 5 June in Bern, the project made in by four students of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) won the « Prix du Jeune Entrepreneur » awarded to the best entrepreneurial project with a link to France, in any domain. The concept made in integrates virtual social networks with tourism for the first time. The EHL students beat not only teams from the University of St-Gallen, the EPFL or the EPFZ, but also walked away with CHF 20,000.00 for their project.

The INTEHL Institute is assisting this week all SBP (Student Business Project) final presentations carried out by graduating students from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. Final year projects at EHL are real-life missions mandated by companies or entrepreneurs wishing to benefit from a group of 5 EHL students’ knowledge in hospitality management and creative skills.

The INTEHL Institute is organizing in collaboration with PME and Private Banking Magazine a Round Table on the hospitality function in the banking sector.

One of the most interesting aspect of ELOPE is the diversity and heterogeneity of people and expertise that work together to develop a unique project.

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Alberto Falsetta
ELOPE Master Business Project}

One of the challenges of a project with such size and scope is to take into consideration the interests of all stakeholders involved.

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Mélanie Dorange and Abhishek Nair
HIP Master Business Project}

One of the key competences of today’s university graduates is interdisciplinary and cross-cultural teamwork. elope ("embedded learning-oriented project environment") provides a learning and teaching environment which enables the students of the Master programme to gain first hand experience with this kind of teamwork. elope combines project work with active research.

It was truly an honor, both professionally and personally, to have participated in the Lausanne Student Business Project.

A new adventure begins for three recent EHL graduates who have already won two national prizes for young entrepreneurs. The next stage will take place in Boston, where they will take part in June in a week of courses and personalized counselling by experts with the Swiss start-up delegation!

Three students of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) and co-founders of Food For Friends Sàrl are in the final stretch of their hospitality management studies.

They are now in the process of making their concept prosperous in order to make a living from their company and therefore approached the INTEHL Business Incubator for help in developing their company.

Some entrepreneurs are now working with a group of students from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne on their respective projects. Projects this semester include namely creating business plans, validating a concept for a start-up company, and developing a marketing strategy.