Susanne Welle was born in Norway and is the Director of the Geneva Hotel School (EHG). She has had a successful lifetime career in hospitality and hospitality education.  In this podcast, Susanne discusses how EHG is different from other Swiss hospitality schools and the emphasis that the school places on practical experience. She also shares her career path choices and her insights into the hospitality education field here in Switzerland.  Susanne understands the importance of practical hospitality education and prior to her current position, she was part of the Management Team at Les Roches Hospitality School in Crans Montana as the Dean of Practical Arts where she was responsible for developing and promoting the academic content of practical arts program and supporting the team of instructors delivering the program as well as running the F & B outlets.  After a promotion to be the Academic Dean of the Undergraduate Programs, Susanne was responsible for the Practical arts program as well as the academic program.She has held various positions in Education Management at Glion Institute of Higher Education and other hotel management schools. In her role as Executive Dean of Undergraduate Programs she acted as senior academic leader for undergraduate programs (3 campuses, 6 Deans/Assistant Deans, 50 + faculty), coordinated periodic reviews and curriculum revision for all undergraduate academic programs as well as overseeing the assessment strategies of student learning and continuous improvement of curriculum for all programs, connecting academic strategy to the GIHE long-range plan.   She was also the Academic Director at Vatel Hospitality School in Switzerland, where she played an essential role in the starting phase of the school, creating procedures, developing programs, preparing the documentation for the Swiss ES accreditation as well as being responsible for the day to day management of the school.