Academic Year

In Review

2015/2016

Greetings to you all,

Our academic year 2015-16 commenced by welcoming our new Hotel Operations Manager, Ms Argyro Manoli. Argyro is also responsible for public relations activities. In this newsletter, we are pleased to share with you the plethora of activities that were organized and supervised by Argyro, Antonis Paroussis, Food & Beverage Lecturer, Head of our Culinary Arts Department, Georgia Kofinas, Chef Instructors Panos Ioannidis and Spyros Pavlidis, and of course our motivated students.

What sets Alpine Center, the Hospitality & Tourism Management Department of City Unity in Greece from other schools in this field is Alpine’s strong professional ethos an industry links, mainly stemming from its adoption of the Swiss philosophy of blending practical application with classroom theory. Students are given the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge they have acquired, both in the hotel school by taking on applied hotel operations duties, and during their industry placements.

This academic year we welcomed students from all over Greece, but also from many countries, namely Albania, Armenia, Croatia, Egypt, France, iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Latvia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, UK and USA! They say a picture tells a thousand words! Here’s the academic year in review, with all its student activities that demonstrate the enthusiasm and commitment of the future cadre of personnel and leaders in the biggest industry in the world: hospitality and tourism!

Enjoy!

Sybil Hofmann, President, International Programmes, Alpine Center Switzerland

Argyro Manoli, Operations Manager, City Unity, Glyfada Campus

With Alternate Minister of Tourism, Elena Kountoura,

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Our Celebrity Chef Georgia Kofinas with TV Presenter Mrs

Tatiana Stefanidou, Page 6

Career Day, Page 8

City Unity Hospitality & Tourism Management Department 70 Possidonos Avenue 16675 Glyfada, Greece Tel: (+30) 210 898 3022 hospitality@cityu.gr www.cityu.gr

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All smiles on induction day on 12 October 2015

Student Council 2015-16

Welcome to Alpine Center, the

Hospitality and Tourism Management

Department of City Unity, a leader in

developing a world of learners

through knowledge, practice and

leadership.

Alpine center is committed to

preparing students with knowledge,

skills, abilities, behavior and

professional dignity. We provide

cutting-edge programs in hospitality

and tourism that meet the demands

of today’s workplaces.

Our faculty and staff will treat you as

valued individual.

During your study at Alpine Center

you will have the opportunity to

interact closely with faculty and

develop long-lasting friendship with

our school and the industry as well.

Our internship program along with

other experiential learning methods

will provide you with valuable work

experience and multi-dimensional

skills. Finally you will be inherited a

network full of leads and executives

from the hospitality and tourism

industry.

Join our educational community and

enjoy our academic environment, the

practical experience and set the

foundations for your own successful

career.

Dr. Jean Suvatzis Academic Dean

Message from

our Dean

Happy to dress down on Casual Day and donate their euros to Charity!

Student Council organizes a Casual Day to donate proceeds to Charity

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“Walk the Talk” –Students participate in various functions and exhibitions

All students have the opportunity to put into practice and in real life what they learn in the classroom and their practical classes. This year they had the privilege to serve and host guests at the following events:

At the SETE Conference 19-20 October 2015

At the 2nd Greek Tourism Expo 4-6 December 2015

Supervisors and team members on Applied Hotel Operations! Students are involved in running the Food & Beverage operation at the hotel school, here at the Parents Evening on 15 February 2016.

At the Goethe Institute 5 November 2015

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Shrewsbury College Students on a

Mobility Program, here posing at the

end of the Pudding Club Competition,

6 November 2015 pictured here with

Anastasios Mexas, President of Alpine

Alumni Association and Lecturer

Papastavros Kofinas and Georgia Kofinas with Argyro Manoli and Victoria

Galtsidou, one of the winners of the coin of the Pita Cutting that was

officiated by Papastavros

Filming a Seminar in Food & Beverage Service for Distance Learning

Field trip to Balux with Antonis Paroussis

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VASILOPITA CUTTING Pita Cutting sponsored by City Unity Alpine Center, hosted by the Glyfada Tourist Police and attended by Alternate Minister of

Tourism, Mayor of Glyfada, and other dignitaries

Alpine students photographed in front of the Municipality of Glyfada with Chief of the Glyfada Tourist Police, Mr. Alexandros Stathopoulos,

Argyro Manoli, Pigi Mantzouratou and Antonis Paroussis

Alternate Minister of Tourism, Mrs. Elena

Kountoura with Argyro Manoli, Sybil Hofmann and

Mr Alexandros Stathopoulos

Glyfada’s Metropolitan Archbishop Pavlos with students and Antonis Paroussis.

Students serving at the Reception of the Greek Historian Writers sponsored by City Unity

Alpine Center at the historical building of City IEK in Athens on 30 March 2016

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Celebrity Chef Georgia Kofinas was honored in an Epsilon TV Show by presenter Mrs. Tatiana Stefanidou, on 26 November 2015, on the occasion of the publication of the 27th edition of her book

on Lenten Cuisine. Students were privileged to attend the show!

CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS IN ACTION First and Second year Culinary Arts students photographed with Head of Culinary Arts Program,

Georgia Kofinas, Chef Spyros Pavlidis and Chef Panos Ioannidis

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Chef Spyros Pavlidis and Culinary Arts students prepared a sumptuous menu for the Belvoir Restaurant

Culinary Arts at its best, created by our Chef Instructors and students

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CAREER DAY

Students excited about Career Day, all ready for their interviews! It’s always rewarding to see Alpine Alumni present on this occasion as presenters and interviewers for the properties where they work!

Thanks to all those who contributed to the success of this annual event! Career & Placement Manager, Lecturer Pigi Mantzouratou Career & Placement Manager, Lecturer

Hotels & Restaurants all over the globe seek Alpine Trainees

The Annual Career Day took place on 5 February 2016. Twenty-eight companies were present to introduce their hospitality enterprises and interview students interested in joining them. Another fifteen international companies asked to receive CV’s of students interested in doing their internships internationally.

Pigi Mantzouratou Career & Placement Manager, Lecturer

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INTEGRATED PROJECT GROUPS

Integrated Project, a Highlight of the Second Year Hotel Management course

Each year second year students enrolled on the Hotel Management program are divided into groups of 5 or 6 students (this year, there were 10 groups) and are given a project to work on throughout the year. At the end of the year students present their project in front of a group of investors. The Integrated Project basically integrates everything they have studied from the hospitality and tourism industry, human resources, sales and marketing, to finance and law and ethics, and includes a feasibility study. The Course Tutor for the Integrated Project is Mr. Yiannis Megaloeconomou, pictured here with each group at the end of their presentation. Bravo students! You all did a marvelous job!

Athenaeum Zen Hotel – Christos Piliouras, Dionissis Kokkalis, Anna Thomai, Davit Piliposyan,

Emmanouela Chatziantoniou

Aegean Voyager 1 - Konstantinos Tsakanikas, Rafaela

Giannikou, Dimitris Apostolidis, Aikaterini Triga, George Alexopoulos, Panagiota Karpathiou

CineTastes - Vanessa Christopoulou, Christina Tsiami, Alex Tsipouris,

Julia Verzihovska , Alisa Salmanova, Olga Miliaeva

"Renaissance" Family Recreational Center Oleksandr Zapasnyi , Michael Olynick, Konstantinos Perdikis, Guglielmo Robusteli, Ioannis Dontas, Eleni Mentzelopoulou

Pantheon Boutique Hotel & Spa - Angelina Dashko,

Irina Gorbushina, Maria Ioanna Loukoumi, Afroditi Zoitsaki, Danai Aivazoglou

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Infinity Villas & Spa - Evangelia Bormbila, Vasiliki Zafeiri,

Panagiotis Makridimitris, Fotis Gratsounis, Ergina Karavia Santa Irene Boutique and Recording Studio - Riga Patricia,

Riga Marianna, Aristomenis Stoupathis, Athanasios Kakouratos, Aleksandar Koprivica

Shanti Detox Hotel - Carratoni Vassilis, Charalampopoulos

Phillipe, Forou Stefania, Patelis Ektor, Mitouali Mantalena The Stone Eat Restaurants - Mary Grace Reyes, Derame

Joyce Maligaya, Athina Cacatian, Julia Meneses, Vanessa May Garcia, Gregory Weis

Elysium Restaurant - George Papazachariou, Klaris Fstratiou,

Wilson Gabuat, Victoria Klimenko, Michal Klosieski, Vasileios Pappas, Andreas Babiolakis

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ALUMNI REUNION 2015

Alpine Alumni Ambassadors Assoation held its Alumni Reunion on 19 December 2015 at Cloud 33 Lounge in the Emmantina Hotel. The event, hosted by President of the Alumni, Anastasios Mexas, was attended by alumni who graduated as long ago as 1992! It was a joyful reunion with many memorable experiences shared amongst those who attended.