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Postgrad: Leisure and hospitality: Angela Vickers: 'The course made me think more strategically'
[November 11, 2014]

Postgrad: Leisure and hospitality: Angela Vickers: 'The course made me think more strategically'


(Guardian (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Angela Vickers is manager of Apex Hotels and graduated in July this year from a flexible two-year executive master's in hospitality and tourism leadership at the University of Strathclyde Business School.



I started in the business as an accountant, so I haven't come through the traditional hotelier route. I'm now responsible for strategic direction. As a small, independent chain, we need to make sure we're up with the big boys such as Hilton and keeping a step ahead of the competition. The beauty of this course is that it takes examples from outside the hospitality industry, which can be a bit of a bubble; it gives you a broader outlook. It did make me think more strategically. We had students and guest speakers from overseas so there was a global focus and we spent an intensive week at affiliated universities in the US and Switzerland - Cornell and Lausanne. One of the modules on entrepreneurship inspired me to set up our own laundry to service our hotels - we were having problems with quality. I'd never have had the confidence to do that without the course. I've since sent my operations and revenue directors on the course too. HP Captions: Angela Vickers says her MA inspired her to be more entrepreneurial (c) 2014 Guardian Newspapers Limited.

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