THE BODHGAYA HOTEL SCHOOL

Our training hotel welcomes international and local guests. The unique hybrid business model provides a real-life learning experience to unemployed youth, and the opportunity for our guests to actively participate in the sustainable economic development of a country. With a view to optimizing the hospitality sector in India, The Bodhgaya Hotel School combines a social and customer driven strategy with an international learning environment.

In Bihar, one of India’s poorest States, the growing and labour-intensive hotel industry contrasts with the high rate of unemployment among youth. Thanks to the flourishing hospitality sector, an opportunity has come forward to associate training with a self-sustainable Hotel School that provides youth with the skills needed for employability on the hotel market in India.

By connecting students directly with guests, we combine a proven curriculum with a learning platform that allows our trainees to deliver high quality service to our customers. The Bodhgaya Hotel School maximizes economic and social benefits for all stakeholders and invites guests to participate in a unique experience.

APPROACH

The Indian hospitality industry is one of the most rapidly growing industries in the Indian service sector. The hospitality industry is all about taking care of people’s accommodation, food, and travel needs when they are away from home. People trained in hospitality services are able to seek employment in a variety of organizations such as hotels, restaurants, clubs, resorts, and industrial catering including educational institutions, hospitals, and the Government. Trained professionals can also be employed by airline agencies, arrange events such as parties and conferences, make travel arrangements and provide transport services, serve as tourist guides and much more. There are many businesses and thus a great deal of opportunities to find employment awaiting our students.

OUR MODEL

Our model focuses on customer-oriented training and service excellence.

By connecting students directly with guests, we combine a proven curriculum with a real-life learning platform that allows our trainees to deliver high-quality service to our customers. The Bodhgaya Hotel School (TBHS) maximizes economic and social benefits for all stakeholders and invites guests to participate in a unique experience.

This innovative approach of hospitality training intends to meet all stakeholders’ expectations from young adults seeking employment to responsible travellers, and professional partners.

It involves many different actors of the value chain, including hotels, tour operators, development agencies, and the Indian Government. Moreover, it creates local service excellence by mixing Indian culture with international standards allowing guests to dive into a true indigenous experience while feeling at home.

The objectives of TBHS are :

  • Enable the young to receive professional training and to successfully integrate the labour market;
  • Supply quality staff to hotels and contribute to the professionalization of hospitality services in India;

PARTNERS

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

Agragami India is an autonomous private voluntary non-profit organization formed in 2001 by a group of development professionals with a common vision — to bring about sustainable change in the quality of life of underprivileged rural and urban families through inputs that improve health, sanitation, education, and livelihoods. bring about sustainable change in the quality of life of underprivileged rural and urban families through inputs that improve health, sanitation, education, and livelihoods.

EHLSmile is a non-profit association created in 1996 by a group of students of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). Its main goal is to ally hospitality knowledge with socially responsible projects in developing countries.
IFPD is a Swiss Foundation (with legal status according to articles 80 and following of the Swiss Civil Code) which was established in Lausanne in 1999, and is presently based in Geneva. IFPD is a development NGO and strives to contribute actively to the elimination of poverty among the most vulnerable groups in developing countries. IFPD promotes and supports community based, integrated programmes and project activities in health, , education, sanitation and social entrepreneurship.

PRIVATE DONORS

  • EHLsmile (Switzerland)
  • City of Geneva (Switzerland)

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