Ever since the mid 1900s, the hospitality industry around the world has been stepping up its game, with top quality hospitality training institutes emerging around the world. All of them equipped with the latest in educational resources, the following are just some of those training institutes that are at the very top of their game.
William Angliss Institute
Located in Melbourne, this high-class institute specialises in hospitality, tourism and culinary arts training, and teaches thousands of students each year. Since being founded by William Angliss in 1940, this great school has been at the forefront of hospitality training in Australia, offering both short and long term training programs, and is considered an industry leader in student centred teaching techniques.
Le Cordon Bleu
Famous for being the world’s largest hospitality training education institute, Le Cordon Bleu began in Paris in 1895 and has grown to include 15 major campuses around the world. Considered the benchmark for hotel management and culinary arts, you’d struggle to find a better place to do your hospitality training.
Blue Mountains Hotel School
Since its humble beginnings back in 1991, this great school has grown into one of Australia’s most respected places to get your hospitality education. Offering both short courses and full length degrees, and regularly among the award winners at the New South Wales Tourism Awards, this school offers great facilities as well as top quality training.
The Hospitality Training Association Inc. (HTA)
For 28 years, this Queensland based association has been training chefs, kitchen staff, hotel cleaners and managers, helping to maintain the high level of standards of the respected Queensland hospitality sector. Students here are given a strong base knowledge in both the theoretical and practical sides of the industry, preparing them to move onto promising careers in the industry.
Ecole Hoteliere De Laussane
This educational body offers more than just hospitality skills, its vision being to use the hospitality industry as a way to help developing nations escape from poverty. Many of this school’s graduates go on to become leaders in sustainable tourism, and you can be sure to emerge from your training here hyped and ready to succeed.
Glion Institute of Higher Education
Widely recognised as one of the world leaders in hospitality management, this magnificent school has been around since 1962, and is famous for its vibrant and international flavour. Training offered at this institute is easily some of the world’s best.
Les Roches
Offering undergraduate degrees in hospitality management and graduate degrees in business administration, a degree from Les Roches will have you fighting off the job offers, as this is easily one of the world’s best hospitality schools. With a strong emphasis on practical skills and internships, by the time you graduate you will also have received significant leadership training, so you will be ready to take on as much responsibility as you can get.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
It only makes sense that a place with some of the world’s premier hotels would have some high quality hospitality training close by, and for that Las Vegas has the University of Nevada. Offering a well-respected hospitality and tourism program, many of those who succeed in hospitality in Vegas are graduates from here.



