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Pacific International Hotel Management School (PIHMS)

At the Pacific International Hotel Management School (PIHMS), you’ll enjoy world-class hospitality training and a quality lifestyle in a fully operational hotel school, under the guidance of the renowned International Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (IHTTI) of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Gain your hospitality management undergraduate, bachelor degree or post graduate qualifications while studying in a simulated professional hospitality environment, where you’ll be both a hotel guest and student, learning to operate the various departments of a hotel and the associated business aspects of the hospitality industry. Our courses in hotel management include paid Industry Placement, providing invaluable work experience to prepare you for an exciting and rewarding career.

Structure / Courses

1. Diploma of Hotel Management (NZQA level 6)
2. Bachelor of Applied Hospitality and Tourism Management
3. Postgraduate Diploma in Hotel Management
4. Masters

Diploma/Advanced Diploma/ Degree
The PIHMS two and a half year Advanced Diploma course comprises 5 semesters.

Semester 1

• Business Performance
• Hospitality & Tourism Business Environment
• Hospitality Consumer
• Food Productions Operations & Management
• Applied Hotel Services I
• Communication Skills
• Introduction to Research
• Computing

• Students complete 800hrs work in an approved Hotel Property
• Position are in the area of Food & Beverage Operations
• Opportunity for placements in New Zealand and overseas
• Students are placed with assistance of the School’s Industry Placement department.
• Projected Earnings – $10,000-$12,000

Semester 3

• Business Monitoring & Control
• Organisational Behaviour
• Hospitality & Tourism Marketing
• Rooms Division Operations & Management
• Facility & Property Management
• Applied Hotel Operations II
• Research Skills
• Project Management
• Statistics

Semester 4 – Industry Placement (Rooms/Front Office)

• Students complete 800hrs in an approved Hotel Property
• Position are in the area of Rooms Division, Front Desk/Reception
• Projected Earnings - $10,000-$12,000

Semester 5 – IHTTI Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management / PIHMS Advanced Diploma in Hotel Management – accredited by the Australian Hotel Review Panel / PIHMS Diploma of Hotel Management - NZQA Accredited (Level 6)

• Managerial Business Evaluation
• Tourism & Leisure Studies
• Marketing Management
• Hospitality Services Management
• Managing Hospitality Operations
• Integrated Project
• Applied Hotel Management
• Research Methods
• Alternative Tourism
• Liquor Licence (optional)

• Advanced Managerial Business Evaluation
• Strategic Management
• Strategic Marketing
• Applied Research Project
• Ecotourism Management
• Event Management

Module 5 (6 months)

• Advanced Diploma
• NZQA Level 6 (New Zealand)
• IHTTI Swiss Diploma (Swiss)
• AHRP Level 6 (Australia)

Module 4 (6 months)

• Free 6-months Attachment Arrangements
• Does not include food & accommodation

Module 6 (6 months)

• Degree program
• NZQA Level 7 qualification

Entry Criteria 

• 17 ½ years of age
• NCEA level 2
• Completion of year 12 High School Education (Equivalent International Qualifications)
• IELTS 6.0 academic overall band score

Taschi Propert
Taschi Graduated in 2005 with an Bachelor of Applied Hospitality and Tourism Management.
She completed a 1 year Management Traineeship with Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts.
Currently Taschi is Front Office Assistant Manager at the Four Seasons Sydney, and is transferring to the Maldives as Assistant Front Office Manager.

Ben Schumacher
Ben graduated in 2004 with the Bachelor of Applied Hospitality and Tourism Management.
Ben is the Assistant manager at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland.

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