Monday, September 21, 2015

Disneyland® Paris is recruiting in Athens on 3rd & 4th November 2015!

Applications are open!
Disneyland Paris, Europe’s no.1 tourist destination, recruits students throughout the year for a variety of seasonal contracts. During this year’s European Casting Tour, we’ll be recruiting in Athens on 3rd and 4th November 2015.

We’ll be offering seasonal contracts for the following roles:

Ticketing Hosts/Hostesses : http://bit.ly/1DSfckl
Attractions Hosts/Hostesses: http://bit.ly/1eQNDCc
Waitresses/waiters: http://bit.ly/1L5aUNY
Commis chefs : http://bit.ly/1Ml0zLQ

We recruit for different periods of the year, with contracts lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months:

Autumn: 2 weeks in October – November
Christmas: 2 weeks in December - January
Winter: 2 weeks in February - March
Spring: 2 weeks to 1 month in March - April
Summer: 2 months in July - August

For these contracts, all 35-hour per week, it’s necessary to be flexible with hours (shifts could begin at 6am or finish at 2am) as well as being available to work during the weekend.

There are accommodation possibilities for employees who live outside the Paris region, and as spaces are limited they will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis (terms and conditions apply).

How to apply

Candidates need to apply before 23rd October 2015 to one of the jobs (above) on our site http://disneylandparis-casting.com/en/casting-tour/greece or via our mobile application Disneyland Paris Careers. Please ensure the option “University/ School” in the candidate source menu is selected.

Why Disneyland Paris?

Working at Disneyland Paris offers the opportunity to gain a professional experience in Paris, in a unique and multicultural environment, as well as the chance to practise your languages (20 languages are spoken amongst our 15,000 Cast Members).

The profiles we’re looking for

Candidates must have an advanced level of French and English (B2 minimum for each language) as well as their native language.

An excellent sense of service, communication and people skills, rigor and respecting procedures are imperative to offer our guests the best experience possible, for which Disneyland Paris is well known.

Wishing you a fantastic day from Disneyland Paris, and hoping to meet you soon.

Disneyland Paris Recruitment Team

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Testimonial * Daria Rarenko

Daria Rarenko, Master’s degree in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership (2014) validated by University of Wales
Project Manager for the M.I.C.E.
Ambotis Air Services Company, Greece & Europe


My name is Daria Rarenko. Studying for a Master’s degree at Alpine Center helped me acquire work experience in a tourism business  environments and gave me varied skills and the ability to work with many different types of people of different cultures, and basically to fit easily into the team.


I learned how to take initiatives, be responsible, and become a valuable team member, which is key to a successful career.

I have become very interested and motivated in working as a Project Manager for the M.I.C.E. (Meetings, Incentives, and Conventions & Exhibitions) Department in Ambotis Air Services Company.




My responsibilities included planning, organizing and coordinating M.I.C.E Projects in Greece and EU.   I was engaged to work in M.I.C.E projects with an average budget starting from 50.000 to 1.000000 euro with the net profit 20 - 30 %.  Another exciting aspect of my work is my involvement in organizing and coordinating wedding projects with the average revenue starting from 600 - 500.000 euro.


 

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Testimonial * Irina Kuzina

Irina Kuzina, Master’s degree in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership (2014) validated by University of Wales
Sales manager of Sbokos Hotel Group (Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort&SPA; Agapi Beach; Cretan Malia Park; Koutouloufari Village Holiday Club; Village Heights Golf Resort) -  Blue Palace is also a member of Starwood.  
Born in Tallinn, Estonia
 

For me education always used to be something more than academic knowledge. I believe that first of all it improves the personality and the traits needed to be competitive on the market.  

Alpine Centre had taught me many things – it improved my analytical skills, my patience as well as gave me a chance to meet a lot of amazing people and to establish a good relationship with my former classmates and present colleagues worldwide. 



However, I consider that the main thing that Alpine has taught me is belief in myself! 

Does not matter how difficult and sometimes even unreal your dream might seem to you – just keep going and do not try to find excuses for yourself, because you are capable of everything!


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Friday, September 11, 2015

Success Story * Andreas Romanos


Andreas Romanos, Hotel Operations
General Manager, La Maison Ottomane
Parodos Kanevarou 32, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece



'my Alpine training had provided me with the confidence that I had learned from the best, the respect of our clients that they had instilled in us and the motivation to excel that went with all that'.






After a career in Business (mainly as a General Manager for Western organisations in Russia) I decided in 2011 to convert an old Venetian House in Chania, Crete into a small hotel and then run it. 

Knowing next to nothing about the hotel industry, except as a frequent user, it seemed prudent to at least learn how to make a bed or serve a meal while giving utmost customer service; and so I ended up at Alpine Centre on their Hotel Operations Programme (and also attending a few executive courses from the Masters' Programme).

Two and a half years later, a little over a year after opening, and la Maison Ottomane is rated by TripAdvisor as the best hotel in Chania and the best in Chania province, 1st of 453.  We are happy and busy.



Clearly in a small hotel (for now we only have 3 suites) the personality of the staff and design/decoration of the premises are of great importance in delighting guests, but the debt owed to Alpine Centre for helping us achieve operational excellence cannot be underestimated.

Like any business, a hotel of any size needs rules and systems and in view of the immediate transparency of failings as well as strengths which comes with online social media, there is no way a hotel can afford to make these up as they go along.

This is where Alpine excelled - in teaching you up front, effectively, how to take a booking, how to serve a breakfast, how to handle an overbooking, a no-show, an allergy, how best to clean a bed, how to get hairs off the bathroom floor, what are the pros and cons of a property management system, when do you serve from the right or left, how do you make a bechamel sauce.....


And what most impressed me about the teaching, what gave it credibility, immediacy and gained our respect and interest as future hotel professionals, was that we were being taught by actual hotel professionals - people who, once the season started again in a few weeks' time, would be putting on their aprons or bow ties and be out there at the hard end, delivering excellence and, in doing so, refreshing and increasing their ability to pass their experience onto the next round of students.

Perhaps Alpine's most impressive achievement is finding people who can work effectively both in a service environment and also as teachers. 

In any case, when we opened our doors to our public, my Alpine training had provided me with the confidence that I had learned from the best, the respect of our clients that they had instilled in us and the motivation to excel that went with all that.  And I can make a bed.



Impressed, grateful, delighted to recommend without reservation.

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Success Story * Polina Sepirjova


THE SKY IS NOT EXACTLY THE LIMIT . . .

 A graduate of Alpine Center & City Unity College tells us how exciting her career has been during and after graduation!! 

Polina Sepirijova, Latvia, Graduate of 2013
Hotel Management Diploma, BA (Hons) International Hospitality & Tourism Management

My name is Polina Sepirjova and I am a graduate of Alpine Centre & City Unity College, year 2013.  I hold two qualifications:  A Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management from Alpine Center and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Let me share my story with you…

My first taste of working in the industry came as a first internship in my first year of studies at the reputable Sani Hotels in Chalkidiki where I was a Receptionist.  The first six month of my studies coupled with this internship changed me completely, from a very shy and quite person to a confident and vibrant person, open-minded and patient, responsible and ambitious.  My second internship started at Burj Al Arab, one of the most luxurious hotels in the world,  where I was employed as a  Guest Services Executive, and after just 8 month was promoted to another position – Rooms Controller. This experience is unforgettable. I met many celebrities, shook hands with the President of America, accommodated many Royal Families, and much more. Sounds good? That was just the beginning! My sense of adventure took me further and for the next two years  I was employed by another huge company in UAE, the Emirates Airlines. I travelled as a  Cabin Crew all over the world and my office was the whole sky. My dream came true! I was in Paris and saw Eiffel Tower, went to the biggest casino in Monte Carlo, climbed the Chinas Great Wall, went to New York City on top of Empire State building, had a walk in Walk of fame in Los Angeles, touched penguins in Cape Town, did bungee jumping in New Zeeland, even tried costume of samba dancers in Rio de Janeiro…among many other exciting things! This whole journey of adventure taught me how to love life, live without any regrets, how to enjoy the moment!


After this wonderful wor-adventure I decided to return to land!  And so what do I do now? I am working in the artsy Armani Caffè in Dubai as an Assistant Food & Beverage Manager and enjoying the responsibility as well as this new experience, as  I am wait to see what life has next in store for me!



And in closing, I wish every new Alpiner embarking on his or her studies at Alpine Center a most rewarding journey. I can assure you that you will be in good very good and caring hands, professionals who are committed to your success.  You will see that doors will be wide open for you in the global hospitality industry!   Study, enjoy, dream, as your dreams can actually come true!  


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Thursday, July 16, 2015

New International Hospitality College in Kenya (BOMA Hotels - Swiss Alpine Center - Kenya Red Cross)


On 3rd July 2015 the Boma Hotels officially inaugurated the International Hospitality College in partnership with the reputable Alpine CenterSwitzerland, the Swiss Business School for Hotel & Tourism Management. The Inauguration was officiated by the outgoing Swiss Ambassador to Kenya Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud.

Alpine Center Switzerland is privileged to be a partner of Boma international Hospitality College in jointly launching its state-of-the-art programmes of study in Kenya, a country that has been renowned for its dynamic hospitality and tourism industry, an industry that is the second largest source of foreign exchange revenue in the country.

“Switzerland has gained its reputation of being the “birthplace of hospitality management” a long time ago. People from all over the world, then and now, still yearn for the “’Swiss Hospitality Touch,” that is why our curriculum preserves the basic elements of what good hospitality training and education must be: flawless accuracy, reliable quality, and expert leadership” Mr Eric Hofmann, President, Alpine Center Switzerland.

During the launch, Dr. Abbas Gullet, the Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross Society said that the aim of Boma International Hospitality College in collaboration with Alpine Centre Switzerland is to address the current and long term needs of the industry and its graduates. “We shall therefore concentrate on training for specialists, not generalists; craftsmen, not “chiefs” and, allow enough time for practical training and coaching in a top class hotel environment. Our graduates will be able to perform beyond their employers’ expectations from day one, and save the employer time and money that is usually spent on training new employees. This will make the graduates the preferred candidates in the job market,” said Dr, Gullet.

All our programmes include periods of industry placement where students are able to put their acquired skills into practice and gain a better understanding of the workings of the fascinating industry of hospitality and tourism.   The dynamic Career & Placement Office at the BOMA International Hospitality College will assist you in finding a suitable industry placement and upon graduation in launching your successful career.

For more information contact:
Mrs Sybil HofmannPresident
shofmann@swissalpinecenter.com

Boma Hotels
The Boma Hotels Group prides itself on its unique social enterprise model of “hospitality with a conscience”. The hotel operates under the mantra of “responsible luxury”, so coined because in providing high end services, the hotel fulfils the demand for luxury service while ensuring that the revenue generated goes back to other members of society in various states of need.

Boma International Hospitality College

For over two-and-a-half decades Alpine Center has provided cutting-edge, high quality education and training in the field of hospitality and tourism management resulting in the overwhelming success stories of graduates. Alpine has established itself as the leading hospitality career-focused institution in Southeast Europe with an admirable employability rate of almost 100%. This figure is not only a reflection of our students' competitive advantage, but also of the industrious activities of Alpine's dynamic Career & Placement Office.

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Monday, January 5, 2015

Hotel Executive Security Certification, first time in Greece!

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