Two students from Kilkenny have qualified to represent their respective colleges at the forthcoming Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI ) National Business Management Games to be held at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin on March 20 and 21 next.
Eoin Jacob from Tullaroan Road, Kilkenny will compete on the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Trainee Management Development Team, and Majella Bowden from Freshford will represent Waterford Institute of Technology
12 teams of five students from eight colleges around Ireland will compete for the overall prize of a tutored three-day visit to Champagne Taittinger’s historic Château and Vineyards in Reims, North East France.
The IHI Business Game consists of a case study of a hospitality business representing real life business issues during the current recession such as interacting with competitors and the wider business environment, while also managing internal business affairs.
Over the two days, the teams will devise strategies as well as plan and manage a fictitious hospitality business operated in a simulated dynamic business environment, created by HOTS, the world’s leading company in hospitality business management simulation software.
The IHI National Business Games are sponsored by Febvre Wines, Fáilte Ireland and Irish Hotel Federation.
