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A visit with award-winning chef Adi Bittermann

March 31, 2022

Students of the 2nd semester of our Bachelor's program in Tourism & Hospitality Management had the opportunity to meet the award-winning chef and cookbook author Adi Bittermann in person on March 30, 2022 as part of the specialization in "Gastro- und Kulinarikmanagement". […]Read more on A visit with award-winning chef Adi Bittermann

TM on tour: Visit to the construction site of the Hotel Indigo Vienna-Naschmarkt

March 17, 2022

Our first TM on tour since the beginning of the pandemic took us behind the scenes of the newly built Hotel Indigo Vienna-Naschmarkt, which will open its doors to guests and locals at the end of April. […]Read more on TM on tour: Visit to the construction site of the Hotel Indigo Vienna-Naschmarkt

Ready to start your own Gastronomy business – even in challenging times?

February 17, 2022

7th Gastronomy Founders' Day of FHWien der WKW discusses the challenges on the way to self-employment in gastronomy. […]Read more on Ready to start your own Gastronomy business – even in challenging times?

Successful launch of the TM Excellence Club

February 1, 2022

How can excellent academic achievements be recognized at an early stage? How do we manage to teach students important employability skills and introduce them to the tourism network that is so important? […]Read more on Successful launch of the TM Excellence Club

First semester students on introductory excursion in Schladming

December 6, 2021

Due to COVID-19, the traditional introductory excursion for the first-year students of the Bachelor's program in Tourism & Hospitality Management to an Austrian tourism destination was carried out on a voluntary basis this year. In compliance with all safety and hygiene regulations, around 45 students spent exciting days in Schladming from September 22-25, 2021. […]Read more on First semester students on introductory excursion in Schladming

Late Summer Field Trip to Italy

October 6, 2021

In the last week of September, the students in the 3rd semester of our Master's program Leadership in Tourism & Hospitality experienced plenty of Italian flair: True to the motto of culinary and sustainability, 14 students traveled to the Italian regions of Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto. […]Read more on Late Summer Field Trip to Italy

Freshmen start their tourism studies

September 20, 2021

The Bachelor's program in Tourism Management starts its study life with a behind-the-scenes look at Vienna tourism landmarks. From September 7-10, 2021, 77 students received an exciting first live insight into the tourism industry during an introductory excursion. […]Read more on Freshmen start their tourism studies

Unmistakable and full of wonder – Lake Neusiedl region

July 9, 2021

Burgenland combines nature, sports, culinary and cultural tourism and has been a popular holiday destination in Austria for a long time. This year the wide range of tourism in the region not only attracted the usual tourists, but also the Bachelor's students from the Tourism & Hospitality Management study programs. The theme of the two-day excursion revolved around the subject… […]Read more on Unmistakable and full of wonder – Lake Neusiedl region

Virtual teamwork for more sustainability in tourism

June 14, 2021

70 students from 2 universities developed sustainability analyses for 15 countries and regions. In non Covid times, we always undertake international study trips with our Master’s students in the sub-modules “International Destination Studies” in order to get a professional insight into developments on site. When it became clear that another wave of infections would make […]Read more on Virtual teamwork for more sustainability in tourism

Shortage of skilled workers in the hotel industry: How to succeed in the mammoth task “War for talents”?

June 4, 2021

Within the framework of a research project, colleagues from the two study programs Tourism & Hospitality Management and Human Resources & Organization dedicated themselves to the future of Human Resources Management in the hotel industry. The central question was: how to deal with the shortage of skilled workers in the hotel industry. A topic which […]Read more on Shortage of skilled workers in the hotel industry: How to succeed in the mammoth task “War for talents”?