News - 6 July 2015 14:57

Haaga-Helia meets Estonian tourism and hospitality key stakeholders

Representatives of Haaga-Helia visited Estonian tourism and hospitality key stakeholders

On June 18-19 the representatives of Haaga-Helia Hospitality Centre in Estonia/Tallinn – Jouni Ahonen, Ain Hinsberg and Sven Lööndre - visited a number of Estonian tourism and hospitality key stakeholders in order to introduce Haaga-Helia and planned launching activities in Tallinn in the autumn.

The stakeholders met were Enterprise Estonia Estonian Tourist Board, Estonian Convention Bureau, Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association, Estonian Travel and Tourism Association and Estonian Rural Tourism.

The stakeholders were very interested in Haaga-Helia arrival to the Estonian tourism and hospitality knowhow and education market and welcomed Haaga-Helia warmly wishing success as the market needs new international and experienced knowhow and education providers.

Topics

Education

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.

10 July 2015 06:24

A brief outline of Haaga-Helia's partner in Estonia: Estonian Business School EBS

Established in 1988, EBS is the oldest privately owned business university in the Baltics. With more than 1500 students, EBS’s goal is to provide enterprising people with academic knowledge, skills and values for its successful implementation.

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.

30 July 2015 07:45

Latvia's Association of Hotels and Restaurants is introduced to Haaga-Helia plans in Estonia

Ain Hinsberg presented the Haaga-Helia plans to enter the Estonian market to Mrs. Santa Graikste - the Managing Director of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Latvia (LVRA). The meeting took place in Riga on July 16. Ain Hinsberg provided an outline of Haaga-Helia and EBS and the planned key operations in Estonia.

5 August 2015 09:46

Tallinn ranked 46th in ICCA ranking for 2014

Tallinn was ranked 46th in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) ranking for 2014 released this summer among 1594 destinations all over the world, as 54 of the events held in Tallinn qualified as international conferences according to ICCA criteria.

13 November 2015 09:01

Culinary Gulf of Finland, a BOSS-funded project, observed under an entrepreneurial angle.

The BOSS From Borders to Shared Space program fund, among other projects run by Haaga-Helia, is supporting the development of Estonian food tourism in the project Culinary Gulf of Finland, which had its second workshop held on October 30th in Tallinn within the the 16th Tallinn FoodFair (TFF). Around 20 food, tourism and food tourism entrepreneurs and other stakeholders convened at the fair.

9 October 2015 10:51

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia participated at X National Tourism Conference

Sven Lööndre and Ain Hinsberg were invited by the organizers - Estonian Travel and Tourism Association and Enterprise Estonia/Estonian Tourist Board - to participate at the traditional national tourism conference in Estonia held for the 10th time. This time the event was held in Pärnu on September 17-18 at the newly re-opened Estonia Resort Hotel & Spa conference center.

16 July 2015 12:13

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Know-How Conference kicks off its market presence in September

The launching of the Haaga-Helia Hospitality Centre activities on the Estonian market takes place on September 9th, 2015 with the Haaga-Helia Hospitality Know-How Conference held at EBS.

28 August 2015 07:14

Estonian tourism and hospitality key stakeholders visited Haaga-Helia and EBS campuses in Finland

Twenty-two Estonian tourism and hospitality key stakeholders visited Haaga-Helia and EBS campuses on August 25th in order to introduce Haaga-Helia and planned launching activities in Tallinn in the autumn. The pre-launching fam trip included visits to different Haaga-Helia campuses in Helsinki - Pasila and Haaga - and also Porvoo.

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.

16 November 2015 08:19

Estonian Travel and Tourism Association welcomes Haaga-Helia as their newest member

Haaga-Helia UAS/Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia became the Associate Member of Estonian Travel and Tourism Association (ETFL) today, as the relevant certificate was handed to Ain Hinsberg at the association’s annual general meeting.

30 November 2015 13:58

The Tourism and Hospitality Vocations’ Round Table features Haaga-Helia

Haaga-Helia UAS/Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Center in Estonia participated on November 5 at the Tourism and Hospitality Vocations’ Round Table held by the Association of Estonian Tourism Education (ETHL). Beside the education providers participated the employers from the industry along with the umbrella organizations.

23 February 2016 10:29

25 years of Tourest travel fair in Estonia

Haaga-Helia Hospitality Competence Centre in Estonia celebrated the 25 years of Tourest travel fair (1991-2016) in Estonia with pitching in in three projects run by the Estonian Travel and Tourism Association, the organizer of the fair.

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.