AIHM HIGHER

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.

Here at AIHM students learn in English during their time with us. Whether studying the BBA degree in Global Hospitality Managementor one of our certificate courses, all modules are conducted in English. Some people may wonder why we conduct our courses in English even though we’re based in Thailand. This is a very fair question. The answer: well, there are a number of important reasons.

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.

Sitting on the floor of Wat Bang Nam Chon Temple School a few weeks ago, surrounded by excited young students, I was brought back to my early school days. As the children threw themselves heart and soul into the activities, I gazed around the classroom and soaked up the sense of wonder.

What is ‘Practical Magic’? No, I’m not talking about the 1998 film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. I’m talking about the transformative power of Practical Arts studies in a hospitality education. The Practical Arts are a keystone of the world-famous Swiss-style hospitality education model.

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.