Orlando, Florida, March 2017—The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) and EUHOFA International, a worldwide association of leading hospitality and tourism schools with more than 200 members in more than 50 countries, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential areas of cooperation between the two organizations. The agreement was signed in early December during the 55th EUHOFA International Congress in Nairobi, Kenya. The signing ceremony included EUHOFA officers and board members including (pictured, from left): Javier Gonzalez Vizcaino, Lluis Serra, EUHOFA president Maria Wiesinger, AHLEI’s Ed Kastli, Jacqueline van der Zwan, and Peter Jones (background).
“As the International Association of Hotel Schools (EUHOFA), we are particularly pleased to enter into a formal relationship with one of the foremost international providers of materials for hospitality education. AHLEI has a global presence and a well-deserved reputation for the quality of their materials,” said Professor Peter Jones, MBE, treasurer of EUHOFA International. “This new relationship helps to support both of our organizations and provides significant additional benefits for our members through providing learning resources that can only benefit our students and schools. We look forward to long and fruitful relationship.”
Through the MOU, EUHOFA will purchase a broad range of AHLEI’s hospitality education and professional development resources to be made available to EUHOFA members. AHLEI will also extend preferential pricing to EUHOFA members on purchases of additional materials, including textbooks, eBooks, and professional certifications. AHLEI has been a corporate sponsor, preferred partner, and associate member of EUHOFA since 2012. This MOU deepens the already-existing relationship between the two organizations.
“As non-profit organizations in existence for more than 50 years, both EUHOFA and AHLEI share the same mission and vision: raising the level of education and training in hospitality,” said Ed Kastli, MBA, CMHS, CGSP, AHLEI’s vice president, international sales. “We are really proud to support EUHOFA in being one of their first corporate sponsors, and are excited, through this new arrangement, to provide its member schools with easier and preferential access to our programs to assist their professors and students in their educational needs.”
