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Samantha Lauver-Marion is a veteran of Minor Hotels, with over a decade of rounded experience in operations, sales, communications and customer relationship management. Her latest role sees her lead student engagement at the Asian Institute of Hospitality Management. A graduate of Hospitality Management herself from Temple University in the US, she is also a certified trainer with a proven record of empowering students to succeed.
AIHM’s hospitality management students enjoy internships in some of the world’s most exclusive hotels and innovative resorts. On the AIHM Higher blog, we’ve shared internship stories from the Maldives and student experiences in the United Arab Emirates. Today, we turn our attention closer to home. Read on to discover what our students learned on their internships in Thailand.
AIHM’s Meet the Instructor series lets you get to know the hardworking, inspirational individuals who guide our students on their AIHM journeys. Each faculty member brings their own talents, background, passion and expertise to their teaching. Learn how they became the teachers they are today. Glimpse a bit of their life outside the classroom. Read about the life experiences that have shaped them and their teaching philosophies.
Some people you meet radiate energy and inspiration. They have a smile that’s contagious. They walk in a room, and it instantly brightens. Samantha Lauver-Marion, AIHM’s Head of Student Engagement, is a shining example!
A career in hospitality can take you around the world. Just ask Tip Tirakanirunkul, AIHM instructor in the Practical Arts. Originally from Thailand, she began her higher education locally before pursuing culinary training and a successful pastry career in Europe. Journeying full circle, she returned to her home country several years ago to share her hospitality expertise at universities in Thailand.
Training a new generation of leaders means utilising a new generation of training tactics. How does the Asian Institute of Hospitality Management prepare its students with skills relevant to business today and the always-changing needs of the hotel industry?
At the Asian Institute of Hospitality Management, we’re proud to be offering some of the most intensive hospitality training in the region. Guided by our passionate instructors, AIHM’s students gain an unparalleled understanding and real-world experience of the global hospitality industry. Our faculty develop and inspirethe hospitality managers, entrepreneurs and innovators who will lead the industry in the years ahead.
The Meet the Instructor series introduces you to AIHM’s dedicated hospitality management faculty. Learn more about their areas of expertise, their passion for teaching and their life outside the classroom.
AIHM champions the value of internships! They’re an opportunity to explore career tracks, to see how classroom learning intersects with real-world hotel operations and to form valuable industry connections while building experience. In fact, AIHM students in the BBA degree programme all benefit fromtwo separate semester-long internships during their studies.
Naureen Ahmed is the founder of Inspiring Women in Hospitality, an organisation whose aim is to share the stories of inspirational women within the hospitality industry. A global hospitality professional, a multicultural inclusive leader and an AEHL graduate, she believes each one of us has a unique story and journey to share that will inspire us all.
Few careers in the world enable an amazing journey like a career in hospitality. Hospitality offers a platform for creating dream experiences, and its practitioners get to work in some of the most amazing settings in the world. So do AIHM’s interns.
