Tourism and Hospitality

The prestigious Young Guns Award is a national competition that recognises hospitality students that have excelled in their work placements.

For the last 11 years Bournemouth has held a place in the finals and has had a student win most years.

This year 4 of the 10 finalists nationally are from Bournemouth University’s Hospitality Management degree and 5 other universities sharing the remaining 6 places.

Congratulations to Caroline Austin, Emily Bird, Rebecca Cridge and Sam Pryor who have been chosen as the four finalists from Bournemouth University.

We wish them all the best at the Judges lunch in London on March 7th hosted by Lexington Catering.

Last year, Bournemouth University held its first student and industry Hospitality Management Student Conference and next week Bournemouth University will be doing it again.

This year the conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel Bloomsbury in London.

Last year, over 90 students from the School of Tourism travelled to the Kensington Hilton hotel in London, and were joined by around 30 students from West London College, where BU’s top-up hospitality degree is taught.

Students were able to listen to presentations and participate in a live Q&A with leading hospitality professionals from establishments such as Hilton Worldwide Europe, Deloitte LLP, charity Hospitality Action, and the Inter-Continent Hotel Group amongst others.

This year students will again hear presentations from industry and have the opportunity to take part in Q& A’s with key indsurty players including Jose Luiz, Human Resources Director for Shangri-La at the Shard and speakers from the London Marriott and Intercontinental Hotels

This year already looks set to be another great experience for our students and provide them with opportunities to interact with potential employers.

We will be tweeting throughout the conference this year using the #BUHSC13

William, who is a third year Hospitality Management student on placement at The Ritz Hotel, was recently nominated for the AICR Receptionist of Year competition by his colleagues.

The AICR Receptionist of the Year Competition grows stronger year on year with more Hotels showing support for their Front Office staff by recognizing their talents and putting them forward into this coveted competition which has been running since 1996.

The final was back in December and William was lucky enough to receive third place.

 The event also served as the AICR UK Christmas drinks and it was at the Crowne Plaza St James where AICR handed over £2000 to their nominated charity, Hospitality Action.

Congratulations to William!