Vatel, Hotel and Tourism Business School

Billing itself as the best hospitality management school in France, the Vatel Hotel and Tourism Business School offers bachelor and MBA degrees in international hotel management. The school has five main campuses across France, with bases in Paris, Lyon, Nimes, Bordeaux and Nantes as well as a sixth on Réunion, the island in the Indian Ocean. In total, the school has 50 campus locations.

7,000 students are currently enrolled at the school, and today’s students benefit from an alumni network of approximately 35,000 people. The school’s website contains several testimonials from recent graduates, including Constance Trubert who graduated in 2018 and now works at Fauchon l'Hôtel Paris. She specialized in the fifth year of her studies to focus on Luxury Goods Management writing the dissertation for her final internship on how sensory and experimental marketing allows luxury hotels to stand out and increase their turnover. 

The bachelor’s program at Vatel is three years in duration, with internship opportunities available for students in every year. The MBA program is two years in duration and is focused solely on theory and practical for the first year, with internship opportunities in the second year.