Laure Brovelli, 27 years old, French nationality, in her second year of the MBA in International Hospitality Management at IMHI, ESSEC Business School Paris-Singapore, is the winner of the first “Hyatt Best Student of the Year Award” . The panel was overwhelmed by her maturity.
The aim of Michel Jauslin, Regional Vice-President of Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, was to highlight not only the best student in management, but also to focus on studies which are not very well known by the general public. “In architecture”, he said, “the Pritzker Prize is awarded by the Hyatt Foundation. I thought we could also have a prize for hospitality management which suffers from a lack of recognition. We need performing management schools and this prize highlights a student, a school, and the Hyatt group where young people can start their career. I would like to point out that Hyatt is not part of the awarding panel”.
Gebhard Rainer, Managing Director Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Europe, Africa and Middle East, Michel Jauslin and the panel congratulated Laure Brovelli who made a strong impression on them. Hospiality has no secret for her. She was born in it as her father is the Vice-president of the Intercontinental Group in Polynesia. Once she graduates, she wants to find a post as Room Division Manager in a resort, preferably in the US.
(Extract from Nadine Lemoine’s article, l’Hôtellerie, 28 December 2008)
The jury
President of the jury Daniel Picouly, writer, scriptwriter and French literary TV show host.
Fabrice Seiman , partner and manager of Lutetia Capital, Young Global Leader 2007,
Élisabeth Sandager , international director of Helena Rubinstein,
Samuel Salvisberg , deputy director, École hôtelière de Lausanne EHL
Georges Panayotis , CEO MKG Group ,
Alexandre Bader , director Champagne Billecart Salmon,
Michèle Alguacil , director France , Cabinet Profile ,
and journalists, Nikos Aliagas , Anne-Sophie Lapix , Christian
Luc Parison , Guillaume Rebière , Henri Jean Servat.
SMBG, a consultancy specialised in higher education. SMBG based their ranking on interviews with both graduates and recruiters. The results are validated by a Committee which includes a representative from the French ministry with special responsibility for research.
