Students interested in International Hotel & Tourism Training Institute are usually looking for hospitality, hotel design, luxury service or tourism-management opportunities.

For 2026, those opportunities should be explored through SHMS because IHTTI no longer operates as a separate standalone programme.

Academic Opportunities

The current SHMS route gives students a broader hospitality-management structure with specialisations. The design management pathway is especially relevant for students who originally found IHTTI because of its hotel design and luxury-branding identity.

Students can look at areas such as:

• International hospitality management
• Hospitality design
• Events management
• Luxury guest experience
• Food and beverage operations
• Revenue and rooms division management
• Sustainable hospitality and event planning
• Entrepreneurship in hospitality

Internship Opportunities

Hospitality education in Switzerland is strongly linked to internships. SHMS describes internships as part of the bachelor's learning route, and this is one of the main reasons students consider Swiss hotel schools.

Internships can help students build:

• Front office and rooms division experience
• Food and beverage operations exposure
• Event operations experience
• Guest relations and luxury-service skills
• Practical confidence before graduation
• International CV value in hospitality

Students should remember that internship placement support does not remove the need to perform well in applications, interviews and workplace expectations.

Campus Opportunities

The Caux and Leysin settings can give students a distinctive hospitality-school environment. Rather than studying only in a city classroom, students learn in campus settings connected to former hotel properties and Swiss resort locations.

This can be useful for students who want to understand hospitality as an operating environment, not only as a business subject.

Career-Building Opportunities

Students can use the route to prepare for roles in:

• Hotels and resorts
• Luxury hospitality brands
• Events and MICE operations
• Guest experience teams
• Food and beverage management
• Hospitality design and concept development
• Tourism and destination businesses
• Hospitality entrepreneurship

How To Use These Opportunities Well

Students should enter this pathway with a clear plan. Switzerland can be expensive, so the best outcomes usually come when students actively use internships, campus events, employer sessions, language learning and career support.

Before applying, students should ask how the September 2026 pathway connects to internships, visa rules, post-study career options and their preferred hospitality market.