State Hotel Management School Kaiserhof
The State Hotel Management School Kaiserhof is one of the two hotel management schools in South Tyrol and is located in Merano ; the other has been in Bruneck since the 2007/2008 school year .
history
The building was constructed by Pietro Delugan in 1895 and originally served as a hotel under the same name. Schönbrunn Palace was a model for the design . During this time, Merano was a tourist highlight and hosted many guests. Among them, the then Empress Sissi of Austria-Hungary stayed in the Hotel Kaiserhof in 1897.
In 1974 the hotel was sold to the state of South Tyrol, which renovated it and from the 1975/76 school year onwards it housed the state hotel management school. The building has been a listed building since 1981.
classes
To attend the hotel management school, you must have completed the first two school classes ( biennium ) in one of the state vocational schools for the hospitality industry, e.g. B. the state vocational school for the hospitality industry Savoy or the state vocational school Emma Hellenstainer .
Since the Kaiserhof hotel management school leads to the state-recognized Abitur, not only practical subjects such as restaurant and kitchen management are taught, but also languages (German, Italian, English and French), mathematics, computer science, business and economics, word processing, tourism geography and Art history. The practical lessons in the service are carried out in the large hotel dining room, where the students serve their classmates and teachers. There is also a bar where students can professionally prepare drinks and cocktails. The exam to become a restaurant specialist takes place at the end of the 3rd grade. Several kitchens are available for kitchen practice, including a teaching kitchen in which the cooking exams are held in the 4th grade.
In addition to the usual five-year hotel management school, specific training such as B. Diet cook or hotel and business management offered.
Dress code
One point that made the Kaiserhof state hotel management school so renowned is the strict dress code. The male pupils are required to wear a suit, and the women are allowed to dress in an elegant costume or a trouser suit. The appearance of a student should correspond to that of an employee in a hotel.
Imperial Court Ball
The now traditional Kaiserhofball takes place annually. It is organized by the final classes of the respective year in cooperation with the teachers. The venue is the Kurhaus in Merano.
Web links and sources
- official homepage
- Official homepage of the traditional Kaiserhofball
- Kaiserhof in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Prospectus of the hotel from 1910 , digital copy of the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann "
Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 15.7 " N , 11 ° 9 ′ 11.4" E