Partnering with the BEST in Europe The Hollings faculty is one of centres the oldest for hotel management qualifications in the UK and Europe Hollings Department Hollings, the of Food and Tourism Management has been officially recognised as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for teaching and has strong links with industry and professional bodies which helps to ensure that our programmes and research projects are relevant to the needs of the industry.   Companies who recruit on Campus

Why should IMI be YOUR education of choice?

• Extremely short and intensive Programme (6 months)
• International faculty and guest professors
• Strong partner University in UK (MMU)
• Personal development planning embedded in course curriculum
• Companies recruit directly on campus
• Student centered learning, web-enhanced and supported through multimedia
• High salaries for graduates
• Luzern one of the safest cities in the world
• Luzerne surrounded by mountain and lake
• Campus is only 12 minutes from Luzern Central
• Luzern- already one of the world tourism hubs, hosts some of the world best Restaurants and Hotels. IMI being the only Swiss Hotel School which is an active Member of Luzern Tourism and therefore has many professional links and connections.
• Luzern in 2009 will host the first Global Tourism Forum and IMI will be executive partner during this event.
• IMI has officially been selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Switzerland in China during the Olympics.
• Paid Industry Training in Switzerland with the best Restaurants and Hotels, as well as international possibilities.
• IMI has one of the most innovative Internet capacity on campus, WIFI for all and web enhanced tuition.
• Lucerne being the heart of Europe with easy access to European cities like Paris, London and Milano
• Transfer agreements with over 100 educational institutes around the world
• HighTech Infrastructure with high speed WIFI. Individual e-mail facilities for students
• Paid practical work placements and on-campus recruiting and through online Alumni database

Work Experience with the BEST

• Paid practical work experience (5–6 months)
• No student fees are paid during the training
• Students are placed all over Switzerland, Europe and many other countries
• Option to train in well known hotels, tour operators, tourist offices and cruise liners
• Our students have the choice between German and French as their third language

Enjoy the Best Facility

IMI has computer rooms which are available 24 hours a day and are equipped with an Internet link and individual e-mail facilities for students. Wireless computing with 24 hours internet access is also available in the school free of charge. IMI's own IT Services assist students every week day free of charge with all matters concerning their laptops. The use of the printer in each Computer room is free of charge; paper is available for sale at the Reception.

The school has demonstration and production kitchens, spacious and well-equipped classrooms, restaurants, self-service laundry facilities, a fitness room and lounge areas.

There is a well-stocked library with a constantly updated supply of books, professional magazines and CD-ROM reference material, and on-line access to publication databases including EBSCO. The EBSCO system gives access to thousands of professional journals. The IMI library is sponsored by publishers Butterworth Heinemann and is open according to the schedule below (subject to change without notice):