Vatel “The role of a hotel school is to ensure that the profile of its graduates perfectly matches the needs of the profession”

What is the DNA of Vatel?

Vatel's DNA is rooted in our values:
Sharing: knowledge; information; values... going beyond our cultures and beliefs
Openness: towards others, towards ideas, towards new horizons, towards the international scene
Commitment: to see projects through to completion, to bring each student to success, to always put people at the centre of our decisions

Whether we are students, teachers, employees or graduates, these three values serve our decisions and choices.

To these 3 fundamental values, we have added 2 behavioural values: respect and kindness.
These values were redefined by the directors of the 55 Vatel campuses around the world at the time of the group's 40th anniversary celebrations. They will take physical shape through a work of art to be installed in the lobby of each Vatel school.

From a pedagogical point of view, Vatel's DNA is made up of 3 founding pillars:

• The alternation of theory and practicality, which is essential for a better assimilation of what is taught.
• For real-life application - hotels, restaurants, cafés and catering services that welcome real customers and thus place the student in real professional conditions.
• International: 53 Vatel campuses around the world, the Marco Polo student exchange programme, the compulsory 2nd year internship abroad, a choice of 23 Vatel destinations that offer MBAs, 11 specialisations offered in the final year of the MBA. 

What is the role of a hotel school for you and has it changed over the years?

The role of a hotel school is to ensure that the profile of its graduates perfectly matches the needs of the profession.
Consequently, it must always be attentive to the needs of professionals and to the evolution of roles and sectors. From this point of view, Vatel draws great strength from the close links it has been able...