USA has four of the world's largest hotel company HQs. UK has IHG. France has Accor. UAE and Singapore are the primary APAC and MEA career hubs. Switzerland schools are world-class — but non-EU graduates cannot stay to work.
This sector has a specific trap: Switzerland hospitality schools (EHL, Glion, Les Roches) produce globally respected graduates — but non-EU international graduates face near-impossible work visa pathways to remain in Switzerland after graduation. EHL graduates work in Dubai, Singapore, and New York — not Lausanne. Study the prestige. Build the career elsewhere. UNLV (Las Vegas) remains the most direct pipeline to US corporate hotel roles.
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