Feature
Issue No. 9 - February/March 2003
Networking a Powerful Force in Hospitality and Beyond
Network, network, network is a catchphrase of the International College of Hotel Management paying dividends for its first graduates. Around 20 flew in from around Australia last month, to celebrate the Swiss Hotel Association’s Adelaide-based campus' 10th birthday.
‘We've been claiming for a decade that we’re helping students advance international careers’, says Chief Executive, Gerald Lipman, ‘and many are successful within hotel management where a couple have already won positions as general managers.’
But according to Gerald, just as many are successful outside it, from running their own hospitality recruitment and IT businesses through to heading up sales and marketing for major companies.
Graduate of the class of '93, Erin Wheelahan, said each year the network becomes wider and more varied and has taken her to work in Switzerland and Sydney. More recently, she's been based in Melbourne as a marketing consultant in legal rec...






