News - 25 September 2015 09:51

Haaga-Helia launches Hospitality Short Courses on Estonian market

After launching its first content activity – the Hospitality Insiders Club on September 23 - on the Estonian market Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Centre in Estonia (HHHCCE) continues expanding its market presence.

This time 6 different Business Training Short Courses for hospitality enterprises on a number of key subjects requested by the local business stakeholders will be delivered starting from October.

The opening of the next HHHCCE knowhow delivery and sharing format is done on October 6th by Timo Saranpää, M.Sc.(econ.), who will coach the topic Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting. He will cover the issues of profitability management and planning, Budgeting and investment planning and working with the operational key figures.

Timo has been working as an entrepreneur in hospitality industry for 20 years and based on his own experience he believes, that for hotel and restaurant (etc.) managers it is vitally important to understand the nature of the operational actions and their linkage with figures – and vice versa - in order to be fully able to improve the financial performance of their business.

The second day of his 2-day package will be delivered on October 28.

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Education

The Revenue Management short course was a big success

After the first two short courses (in October "Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting" by the Timo Saranpää in November „Demand Management for Hospitality Leaders“ by Jere Talonen) the short course delivery continued with the course “Principles and Practices of Hospitality Revenue Management" on November 17th and December 3rd delivered by Nina Niemi.

30 March 2016 11:45

Latvia, a project in motion

Within its global mission Haaga-Helia entered Estonian market last year, and has now been preparing for entering Latvia as the next option in the Baltic Sea Region. At present there are 4 different missions on the table, in the form of cooperation, with: the Latvian Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Latvian Medical Tourism Cluster, the City of Jurmala, and the City of Riga/Live Riga.

26 November 2015 12:07

A Successfully Launched Third Short Course by Haaga-Helia, in Estonia

After the first two short courses (October 6th and 28th on the subject of Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting by the Timo Saranpää and November 5th the course „Demand Management for Hospitality Leaders“ by Jere Talonen the short course delivery continued with the first day of the course “Principles and Practices of Hospitality Revenue Management on November 17th delivered by Nina Niemi.

21 October 2015 11:25

Association of Estonian Tourism Education visits Finland in study mission

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia arranged study visit to Finland for Association of Estonian Tourism Education during October 7–9. HHHCCE also supported the visit by leading the group, done by Maria Velez and Ain Hinsberg. The delegation of 14 visited Haaga-Helia campuses in Porvoo, Pasila and Haaga, Helmi College, Haaga Restaurant School, Haaga-Perho and Edupoli.

15 October 2015 09:07

Haaga-Helia in Estonia Supported Receptionist of the Year 2015 Competition

On the 7th of October „The Receptionist of the Year 2015“ competition was held in Tallinn at Tallinnhotels Hotel Palace. 13 hotels from Tallinn were represented by their best talents in order to reach the highest prize – becoming the best receptionist in Estonia this year.

23 October 2015 10:19

Short courses in Hospitality: Haaga-Helia's top experts share their knowledge in Estonia

On October 6th Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia opened the delivery of their own short courses, with the first of a 2-day short course in Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting. It was delivered by the coach Timo Saranpää (M.Sc.(econ.), and assisted by Elisa Aunola and Sven Lööndre. The second day of the course will take place on October 28th.

4 November 2015 14:36

First Short Course by Haaga-Helia in Estonia Finished Successfully

The opening short course of the Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia training calendar 2015-2016 has been finished successfully – with very positive feedback from the participants and also the coach enjoying the feeling of accomplishment.

19 October 2015 07:04

Co-Creation Workshop in Helsinki, supported by Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia (HHHCCE) participated at Haaga-Helia International Co-Creation Workshop in Helsinki held during October 5-8. The event was a Haaga-Helia international cooperation management initiative bringing together a dozen of different Haaga-Helia global partners.

9 November 2015 13:27

Demand Management for Hospitality Leaders' Course was a Success

The opening period of the short courses by the Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia has been very successful, as the first two courses received very positive feedback from the participants. The coaches also enjoyed the feeling of sharing their know-how with a very eager target group.

17 March 2016 14:19

Lean Management, a key to success

The Lean Management short course “Lean Management as quality and operations management tool in hospitality” by Jalmari Eklund on February 18th and March 3rd was executed with a great success meaning that the participants, who came to the first day being not aware to the full extent of what Lean is all about, started their second day with great enthusiasm.

8 February 2016 09:56

Alexi Guesthouse, Kalev Spa Hotel and Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Estonia, our new partners

Haaga-Helia UAS cooperates in Estonia with Alexi Guesthouse (Pärnu) and Kalev Spa Hotel (Tallinn). Both accommodation providers will have Haaga-Helia student groups visiting and evaluating the present situation in January-February and then prepare and present concept suggestions in March-April.

1 October 2015 11:48

Hospitality Insiders Club Estonia was succesfully launched

The Hospitality Insiders Club Estonia was successfully launched on Wednesday 23rd September in the beautiful facilities of Palace Hotell, Tallinn. There were 23 professionals to prove the historical starting moment of a new kind of network of Estonian hospitality managers. The Hospitality Insiders Club's idea is to bring new ideas and tools to club members' daily work as well as share.

5 October 2015 08:27

Haaga-Helia sponsored SAUCE2015

Haaga-Helia/HHHCCE sponsored and was present at the SAUCE2015 event - a new type of business forum and social event for restaurant professionals with a passion for excellence targeting chefs, artisans, farmers, drinks people, managers, entrepreneurs, visionaries, service experts, commercial wizards, food geeks, wine lovers, etc.

11 November 2015 12:12

Mailis Pokk, winner of free AHLEI course in Haaga-Helia's stand at Tallinn FoodFair

Haaga-Helia participated at the 16th Tallinn FoodFair (TFF) in Tallinn on October 28-30 and among other activities drew lots at the fair stand in order to award one participant in the end of the event with a free AHLEI (American Hospitality & Lodging Education Institute) online course delivered via Haaga-Helia as the certified AHLEI provider in the region.

4 December 2015 07:30

The Second Hospitality Insiders Club Estonia was Innovative & Trendy

The second Hospitality Insiders Club Estonia held on November 25th at Restaurant NEH in Tallinn focused on innovation and trends in hospitality industry. The keynote presentation on how trends influence the tourism and hospitality industry was delivered by the expert Dr Pasi Tuominen (Haaga-Helia UAS).

13 April 2016 12:16

Short Courses in Estonia are Mission Accomplished!

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Centre in Estonia delivered successfully 6 short business courses during the pilot study year 2015/16. The events – mostly 2-days per course - were held at the EBS main building and the average number of participants per course was around 15. All in all, over 25 participants were present during the exciting opening year.

21 April 2016 11:50

Estonian Hospitality Insiders Club – Mission Completed!

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Centre in Estonia delivered successfully 4 Hospitality Insiders Club events during the pilot study year 2015/16. The same format has been run in Finland by Haaga-Helia for 3 years now successfully. The events – 1-day per club meeting - brings together managers and experts from the hospitality field from all over Estonia.