July 2022 Issue 2
EAHM Today
Message from the Managing Director Welcome to a new edition of the EAHM University Magazine. THE place to find out all that is happening in the academy, such as the stories and updates in the EAHM community. So much is going on we can barely fit it all in! One showstopper is the delightful news where we ranked as the #1 hotel school on the QS Subject Rankings for Hospitality and Leisure in 2022 in the MENA region, and that we are listed as a global Top-10 hotel school on educations.com. Impressive achievements and confirmations of our continued dedication to top-quality hospitality business education. Certainly #EAHMproud, especially now as our beloved industry globally recovers, we need to be on top of our game. Endless opportunities are on the horizon for ambitious and well-educated young professionals to create better and smarter solutions for both their teams and customers. As the new normal takes shape, the industry is ready to embrace the next level of technology, sustainability, data-driven personalization, and experiences, on which the next generation of creative young hospitality professionals will make a massive impact. So, in this magazine edition we offer a glimpse of those young future hoteliers and the community around them. Enjoy!
Jeroen Greven Managing Director
Table of Contents News EAHM achieves top positions in the hospitality education industry EAHM faculty accomplishments New partnerships Expoculinaire - World Congress 2022 Alumni & Students Student Council #EAHMProud Alumni Reunion 2022 Alumni Connect Recap with EAHM Study Tours Start-up event 'Pitch over Pizza' Leadership Series Launch of R&D design thinking workshop First of the year's Open Day EAHM FoodFest Launch of Plastic-free bottles BMI Gulf Networking Event Dibba Bay Oyster Festival School Visits Dart and Pool Tournament The Food Truck Project Upcoming Events IPoE conference
NEWS
Soaring higher! With a wide number of academic institutions offering the best in hotel management and hospitality programmes, EAHM is proud to showcase itself as one of the Top 10 Universities to Study Hotel Management in 2022 by educations.com The ranking is based on multiple factors such as quality of the programme, level of EAHM is thrilled to announce employability, popularity of that the university has ranked study abroad destination, #1 in the QS Hospitality and student reviews and much Leisure Subject Rankings in more! the Middle East region! 🥇 The journey and success has been incredible for us and this significant victory only marks as a solid testament to our growing industry partners, high-quality of our yearly graduates and the worldwide recognition gained over the last 20 years. Onto and beyond!
EAHM Faculty killing it! Dr Sanjay Nadkarni, Director of Innovation & Research wins 'Best Research Paper' award at the 15th Innovation Arabia Conference at the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University as part of his collaborative research on IoT, Big Data and Sustainability.
Chef Michael Kitts, Director of Culinary Arts receives the 'Outstanding Achievement' award by BBC GoodFood ME. He recently featured with Caterer Middle East magazine where he shares his journey towards becoming the 'Culinary Father Figure', posing as an inspiration for the students of EAHM.
Partnering for the future
Emirates Down Syndrome Association, Dubai
DY Patil University School of Hospitality & Tourism Studies, India
University of Haifa, Israel
Hospitality Management Services, Curacao
Yummy Jobs Internships and trainings in the U.S.A
Expoculinaire - World Chefs Congress 2022 A very exciting moment for EAHM to finally showcase their official Food Truck - KRAVE, for the very first time amongst the best chefs and restauranteurs of the world and provide insightful workshops and trainings by our faculty experts.
Alumni & Students
Student Council 2022 Introducing our Student Council members and coordinators for the year 2022. We are looking forward to a fabulous year filled with exciting activities and initiatives to improve student life here at EAHM.
#EAHMProud
Carmen Barbera - MBA Guest Services Executive UAE's Best Receptionist AICR International.
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Rochak Khandelwal - MBA contributor - HFTP Blog Is NFT the Next Big Thing in Hospitality?
Congratulations! to our students for winning the FCSI EAME Student Challenge at the #TACT22 Conference held in Chantilly, France.
#EAHMProud EAHM EMcup 2022 Challenge Congratulations to the team of EAHM Classical Legacy Reborn who won the first place in the pitch competition.
Congratulations to our students for being qualified for the Sustainable Hospitality Challenge 2022 Semi-Finals in Amsterdam.
Super proud of our students for publishing their white papers officially and presenting them at the HITEC Dubai.
Alumni Reunion 2022 The EAHM Alumni Reunion hosted around 20 alumni from around the globe in March, where they got together for a catch-up session discussing the future of the alumni community. The event also consisted of a fun team building exercise and ended on a high note with the FoodFest running parallel to the Reunion.
Our EAHM staff never misses an opportunity to meet our alumni wherever they go! Here is a memory of our Director of Marketing & Enrolment - Daiane Lagger, catching up with our alumni on her recent trip to London!
ALUMNI CONNECT Stay connected with us and other alumni through our social media groups on Facebook, LinkedIn and HOSCO
Recap with EAHM
Study Tours EAHM welcomed universities from around the world to visit the campus, get a glimpse as an EAHM student and feel the luxury of living in Dubai. These international students attended workshops held by the faculty, experienced the resort-style living in the campus and were taken to famous landmarks around Dubai and Abu Dhabi. EAHM considers Study Tours as an essential part of the university programme, providing a great way to experience and understand the university and the city's culture.
Elon University, U.S.A
Washington State University, U.S.A
Pitch Over Pizza EAHM, with the support of Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni, hosted a start-up event by BP Venture and Startupscale360 FZCO where 5 companies (Zofeur, Seez App, Thaely, Prescinto, Proton) stepped forward to present their start-up pitches in front of our esteemed judges. Ideas and dreams filled the room with the vision of UAE's future and provided EAHM with an inspiring experience to look forward.
Leadership Series This year we introduced EAHM's Leadership Series for our students to gain an insight into the industry by the voice of the experts. Check out which industry leaders paid us a visit.
Michael Ross, Bidroom Competitive Landscape of OTA's
Rajesh Jhingon, Jumeirah Group Operational Excellence in the Post-Pandemic Era
Barbara Lang-Lenton, Jumeirah Group Marine Life and Sustainability
Nadire Muge Gokcek, Oracle Evolved Customer Experience (CX) in Hospitality
EAHM launches Design Thinking Workshop EAHM hosted the first ever design thinking workshop where leaders of the hospitality industry gathered under the EAHM roof to build a strong innovative framework to overcome all the gaps and challenges in the hospitality market in the UAE. They sketched out customized solutions to upscale the quality of decision making and enhance the product or service and the elements that make it up holistically.
Open Days of 2022 EAHM hosted two Open Days with success in January and March! We had over 60 students and parents coming from different schools, with the ambition to start their journey in hospitality with us. The days were filled with students and alumni testimonials, workshops, campus tour and ended with our famous EAHM pizzas and FoodFest!
EAHM FoodFest EAHM students welcomed their visitors with food stalls serving different cusines from around the world, live music and a lot of fun activities for kids and families.
EAHM Can Too! In line with the new sustainability initiative by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai - Dubai Can, we at EAHM are proud to introduce our very own way of staying sustainable on campus through our refillable plastic-free bottles distributed to all our students and staff. One Small Change, One Big Impact.
Networking Event The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management had the pleasure to host this year's BMI Gulf Network Event where 60 high-school counselors from the Gulf region and 40 university representatives from across the globe were invited to the EAHM campus. The event consisted of an introduction to EAHM followed by lots of positive networking opportunities and an exquisite gala catered by Jumeirah Hospitality. EAHM is looking forward to creating new ties and alliances with key stakeholders providing the best for our future leaders in the hospitality industry.
Dibba Bay Oyster Shuck Off To celebrate the Oyster Festival, EAHM hosted the first ever oyster shucking competition held in the UAE with participating chefs from across the country competing for the title of 'UAE Shucking Champion'.
School Visits EAHM welcomed high-school students to the campus to tour the grounds and participate in various workshops such as career development and business etiquette. These collaborations help our future talents in sketching out their career path and getting a clearer understanding about the hospitality industry.
Swiss International Scientific School Dubai
Dwight School Dubai
Pool & Dart Tournament This event posed as a wonderful event gathering our students and staff organised by the Student Experience Team at our student lounge, Barza last month.
EAHM Food Truck Week Our students hosted the Food Truck Week as part of their elective (Street Food Project) where they prepared and served their creation! Two cuisines were presented, Ciccio Simply Italy (Italian with a twist) and Mircharriba (fusion of Mexican and Indian).
Upcoming Events
EAHM is very excited to host THE-ICE 15th IPoE (International Panel of Experts) Forum 2022 from 7th - 9th November, 2022. The event will bring together representatives from TH&E research, education and industry to address the theme, ‘Hospitality and Tourism Higher Education; Connecting Minds and Creating the Future’.
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