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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.
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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.
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.
AIHM’s Certificate in International Hotel Administration helps early- and mid-career professionals take their career to higher levels. How does the CIHA help you grow? Watch the interview below with CIHA graduate Siraphop “Sira” Watthanabaramisakun to find out.
As a student at AIHM there are so many things to do and experience during your studies. The resources below will help you find incredible things to do during your free time.
Get together with your friends at AIHM and explore Bangkok! Discover clubs and groups for fellow fans of your favourite activities. Hit the city solo and delve into Bangkok’s best sights, cultural charms, relaxing green spaces and riverside wonders.
Beyond the Walls: Enrichment at AIHM
Throughout our lives, we often split areas of knowledge into neat little categories. We build up artificial walls between subjects. The same can happen in the workplace. We split people into teams. You’re in marketing? You’ve got your marketing blinders on. Working in human resources? HR goggles. The real world is all connected. Want to be an innovator? Ready to bring a fresh perspective? Want to bring down those artificial walls and discover new connections? AIHM is ready to help you do it.
AIHM’s Head of Student Engagement, Samantha Lauver-Marion, sat down with HAFIDH AL BUSAIDY the General Manager at Niyama Private Islands Maldives to chat about careers in hospitalityand theAIHM scholarship for Maldivians in honour of Dr. Maniku. This competitive full scholarship is available to Maldivian students who are interested in pursuing a career in hospitality management.
AIHM’s Executive Education short courses provide industry professionals the opportunity to upskill, to upgrade their knowledge and to put practical new tools and techniques into action as soon as they complete a two-day course. Taught by guest experts and AIHM’s own passionate faculty, our Executive Education courses tackle the most important topics and talents required to succeed in today’s hospitality industry and in fields beyond.
Gain a sneak preview of the Public Speakingcourse in this Q&A with its instructor, Samantha Lauver-Marion.
Dr Dimitrios Diamantis, the Executive Academic Dean of Les Roches Global Hospitality, sat down for an in-depth interview during his recent visit to the Asian Institute of Hospitality Management in academic association with Les Roches.