News - 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 – the hospitality business trainings, supporting degree program delivery at EBS as well as project-based research and development and Hospitality Insiders Club.

Mrs. Graikste expressed great interest both in getting to know the Haaga-Helia activities in Estonia and starting the cooperation with Haaga-Helia in Latvia, too, for example in the the hospitality business trainings format.

She invited Haaga-Helia to participate at the LVRA annual conference on November 17^th in Riga as one of the content presenters. In turn Santa Graikste was invited to the main launching event in Estonia on September 9.

It was agreed, that the cooperation discussions will continue in August.

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