ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES ECOLES D’HOTELLERIE ET DE TOURISME

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

2. 1988: Creation of the AEHT in the Hotel and Tourism School of Strasbourg-Illkirch Jean-Paul BERNARD Founding President • 1989: The AEHT gets the status of an NGO from The Council of Europe

3. 2004: The AEHT counts more than 360 schools in 39 European countries

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. MANAGING COMMITTEE

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. COMMUNICATION: www.aeht.lu • 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

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

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

16. ANNUAL MEETING 1998 Faro, Portugal 1999 Luxemburg 2000 Berlin, Germany 2001 Linz, Austria 2002 San Remo, Italy 2003 Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 Bled, Slovenia • Antalya, Turkey • Killarney, Ireland • Norway • Paris, France

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

18. 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)

19. 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)

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

21. 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

22. Regular events • Festival of Gastronomy, Venice • Springtime in Gastronomy, Budapest,

23. CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

24. CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

25. CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

26. CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

27. 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)

28. 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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