In the presence of Mr. Frederic Lefebvre, the French Secretary of State in charge of Tourism, Alain Sebban, CEO and Founder of the Vatel Group and David Cohen, General Manager of the David Intercontinental ***** Hotel, signed a master agreement on March 14, 2012 to open a new Vatel School in Tel Aviv.
The Vatel Group, created thirty years ago in France, has progressively showed itself as a benchmark in training future international hotel and tourism industry senior managers.
As in all its other Schools in the world, Vatel will prepare its Tel Aviv students for a Bachelor?s Degree in International Hotel Management (in 3 years) followed by the Master?s Degree in International Hotel Management (in 2 years).
The School will open its doors in October 2012 and Vatel is already planning on having 350 to 400 students in 2015. Courses will be taught both in English and in French.
Theoretical courses will be taught on the campus nearby the David InterContinental***** Hotel in the center of Tel Aviv. This 1,000 square meter building includes classrooms, a conference room, a library, computer rooms and a cafeteria.