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Winter Programme at IMI
For fans of winter, a visit to Switzerland is hard to beat! Our 2025 Winter Programme participants...

Happy Holidays at IMI
We love the holiday season here at IMI and, as is traditional, celebrated with our role-reversal...

An A-Z Guide to all things AI
We take a deep dive into the world of Artficial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Large Language...

MoA signing with UNPAD
We were delighted to sign a renewed partnership agreement with Indonesian school Padjadjaran...

IMI at the Swiss City Marathon
Our students had a great time volunteering at the Swiss City Marathon in Luzern, one of the biggest...

Behind the scenes at Graduation 2024
In a very special, live edition of IMI Switzerland's 'The Hospitality Hub' podcast, we go behind...

Celebrating the Class of 2024
The IMI family came together to celebrate the achievements of our latest alumni at the 2024...

Time to ban the tourists?
As Venice introduces tour group limits and Barcelona increases its tourism tax, has the time come...

"Grüezi" to our new students
We wished a warm Swiss welcome to our new students who arrived on campus this August to begin their...

Summer Camp Fun
Our Summer Programme participants had a fantastic two weeks with us, discovering the magic of IMI...

Careers Webinar with Asena Kun
For our latest live, online webinar we were joined by IMI alumna Asena Kun who talked us through...

IMI in South-East Asia
IMI CEO Prof. Gavin Caldwell was delighted to be able to visit some of our valued partners in...

Your Career after Hospitality Management study
In a special guest post from hospitality industry writer Jose Chavez, we examine the different...

IMI Webinar Series
Have you been following our recent online webinar series? The events, held live on Instagram and...

A Royal Celebration
It was a great honour for our students to volunteer at the King's Birthday Celebration at the...

Partner Engagement Programme
Our Partner Engagement Programme saw us welcome representatives from Thai schools Burapha and...

To the Life House - An interview with Rami Zeidan
It was great to chat with the co-founder and former CEO of Life House Rami Zeidan about how the...

Future Planning at Planted
Our culinary arts students had a fascinating visit to the Planted factory near Zurich to learn...

Visit from SGU Indonesia
It was a pleasure to welcome Indonesian partner Swiss German University to the IMI campus, where we...

Hospitality and the Olympics - Grabbing Gold or Losing Track
With one of the biggest sporting shows on earth coming to Paris this summer, we inspect the impact...

International Night at IMI
Welcome to International Night, where our campus comes alive with the sights, sounds and flavours...

QS Rankings Success for IMI
We were delighted to be named the number one hospitality school in the German-speaking part of...

Introducing 'The Hospitality Hub' Podcast
We are very excited to launch our brand new podcast - The Hospitality Hub - featuring news, views,...

Manchester Met. Visit
It was fantastic to host a group of students and faculty from our UK-validating partner Manchester...

Exploring Culinary Crossroads
We sat down with IMI senior lecturers Jonas Grip and Anthimos Georgiou to hear about their culinary...

The Future of Hospitality - The Spectre of the Ghost Kitchen
In the ever-evolving landscape of the hospitality industry, a new player emerged, disrupting...

Fasnacht Carnival Luzern
Our students had a fantastic time at the Fasnacht Carnival in Luzern - a unique, six-day...

Learning with Lego
There was some serious fun to be had for our hospitality management students as they engaged in...

2024 - An exciting year ahead!
The IMI family is looking forward to an action-packed 2024 with lots of exciting events taking...

Happy Anniversary Manchester Met.
We are delighted to wish our UK partner Manchester Metropolitan University all the very best as...

Passion4Hospitality Winner
A big congratulations to IMI Master's student Omar Kaysoon who received the award for 'Best Student...

The Future of Tourism - Progress or Dystopia?
In our latest look at the future trends within the tourism industry, we sit down with two IMI...

Alumni (Michelin) Star
We are incredibly proud of Malaysian alumnus Darren Teoh who celebrated his second Michelin star at...

IMI at IGEHO
Our students had a great time at IGEHO, one of Switzerland's largest exhibitions for hospitality,...

The Future of Tourism - Distributed Hotels
In the first of a new series examining the 'future of tourism', we explore the concept of a...

International Night
It was another fantastic evening of worldwide food, drink and performances at our most recent...

Campus Career Days
Coming from some of the world's biggest hospitality brands, our Autumn Career Day visitors...

Sporty Students
Our students had some fun outside of the classroom at our regular term's Sports Day...

Graduation Celebrations
Always one of the most memorable events of the year, we had a fantastic time celebrating the...

What is the Future of Tourism?
The tourism industry is rapidly evolving - driven by the challenges of environmental change,...

Tourism and the Climate Crisis - A shifting landscape
With rising global temperatures and extreme weather conditions affecting many of the world's most...

Summer Fun at IMI
It was great to welcome our Summer Camp participants as well as visitors from partner school UOW...

Term End Celebrations
As another busy term came to a close, we had an action-packed week of fun-filled celebrations...

A Right Royal Celebration
Our students had the honour of volunteering at the official birthday celebration of King Charles...

Ambassador Programme Returns
We were delighted to see the return of our Student Ambassador Programme for 2023, where we welcomed...

The Risk and Rewards of Adventure Tourism
The tragic loss of life involving the five passengers aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible has...

Delving into Disasters
Sympathetic helpers or ghoulish voyeurs? We examine the motivations behind the 'disaster tourism'...

ChatGPT and the Hospitality Industry
With the rapid evolution of the OpenAI software over the past few months, we examine what...

IMI in Malaysia
IMI's academic team had a fantastic time during their recent visits to Malaysia, meeting with our...

Welcome to Switzerland
It was great to welcome our new students on campus for the start of their May 2023 intake - the...

Below Deck - The Reality Show vs The Reality
We go below deck on the hit super-yacht reality TV series and speak to someone with first-hand...