ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES ECOLES D’HOTELLERIE ET DE TOURISME EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF HOTEL AND TOURISM SCHOOLS

1988:Creation of the AEHT in the Hotel and Tourism School of Strasbourg-Illkirch 1989:The AEHT gets the status of an NGO from The Council of Europe Jean-Paul BERNARD Founding President

2004:The AEHT counts more than 360 schools in 39 European countries

OFFICIAL WORKING LANGUAGES : FRENCH and ENGLISH with simultaneous translation on important meetings Appointed translator: Dr. John REES-SMITH

STRUCTURE of the AEHT GENERAL ASSEMBLY meeting once a year discusses and informs about the activities controls the accounting votes the budgets

EXECUTIVE BOARD  executes the decision of the AEHT-GA  is composed of one representative of each member country  elects a President and 5 Vice-Presidents  appoints a General Secretary and a Treasurer  all members have access to the reports of the Board meetings

MANAGING COMMITTEE  Is in charge of the everyday tasks of the AEHT The members are: The President, the Vice-Presidents, the General Secretary and the Treasurer  The statutes and the Rules and Regulations of the AEHT determine the tasks and responsibilities of the members of the Executive Board and the Managing Committee

MANAGING COMMITTEE

MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE AEHT Promoting a European spirit between Hotel- and Tourism Schools

SUB-OBJECTIVES  To serve as a communication Centre for Hotel and Tourism Schools in Europe  to circulate information about hotel and tourism education and training in the European countries  to favour students and teachers exchanges  to create tight links between the schools and enterprises  to put together teaching methods, pedagogical material, knowledge and know-how

SPECIAL FEATURES The AEHT includes in its activities all the actors of the educational system: –Headmasters –Teachers and, above all –STUDENTS offers to its members a variety of activities to give satisfaction to every group

ACTIVITIES Communication : Yearbook, Web-site, Annual Meeting “Les Rencontres” Seminars Congresses ‘ Christmas in Europe ’ Practical training periods for teachers in ACCOR Hotels Placements for students “Gastronomy for peace” (2005)

COMMUNICATION: Presentation of the AEHT Membership list National delegates Managing Committee News Activities Job advertising General Information Hotel and Tourism training Member’s projects Information about membership Interesting links

ANNUAL MEETING Main event of the AEHT Competitions for students Conferences Tourism and professional visits Getting in contact Entertainment and distraction

ANNUAL MEETING 1988Strasbourg, France 1989Athens, Greece 1990Setubal, Portugal 1991Herk de Stad, Belgium 1992Antalya, Turkey 1993Sciacca, Italy 1994Portrush, Northern Ireland - UK 1995Göteborg, Sweden 1996Amsterdam, Netherlands 1997La Rochelle, France

ANNUAL MEETING 1998Faro, Portugal 1999Luxemburg 2000Berlin, Germany 2001Linz, Austria 2002San Remo, Italy 2003Copenhagen, Denmark 2004Bled, Slovenia 2005Antalya, Turkey 2006Killarney, Ireland 2007Norway 2008Paris, France 2009

SEMINARS Subventions from the AEHT Important for teaching methods Possibility to meet teachers from other countries Net of experts

AEHT SEMINARS 2001 Cheeses and Typical Products: April, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy) September, Strasbourg, France Hunting and Game (October, Nykoping, Sweden) (cancelled, lack of participants) 2000 The Wines of the Tokay Region (based in Budapest, Hungary) 1999 Administration and Financial Management in Hotel Schools (Senigallia, Italy) Cultural Aspects of Tourism (Salzburg and Bad Ischl, Austria)

AEHT SEMINARS 1998 Alsace Wines and Spirits (Kaysersberg, France) Work Placements (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Appreciation of Cognac and Pineau des Charentes (La Rochelle, France) 1997 Champagne (Reims, France) Poultry and Cheeses of the Rhône-Alpes Region (Bonneville, France) German for Teachers of German (Dortmund, Germany)

AEHT SEMINARS 1996 New Technology in Language Teaching (Strasbourg, France, LINGUA funded) Tourism, Gastronomy and Beers (Budejoivce, Czech Republic)

CONGRESSES First Chefs’ Conference, Strasbourg, France (1992) ‘Gastronomic Cooking’ Second Chefs’ Conference, Portrush, UK (2001) - ‘How Chefs Cook’ (reported due to F&MD) Young Peoples’ Conference, Dortmund (D)1998 Portrush, UK 2000

Regular events Festival of Gastronomy, Venice Springtime in Gastronomy, Budapest,

CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

ACCOR Training periods for Teachers Important activity together with the Hotel group ACCOR The main objective is upgrading the teachers knowledge and know-how Updating the language skills Coordination is done in Illkirch (F)

Financial help from the AEHT Subsidy for the organization of the Annual Meeting, Subsidies for seminars Subsidies for congresses Financial help for Eastern European countries

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