CityLand Education (Vietnam) Announces Partnership with VET by EHL

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 25 January 2021 – Cityland Education (Vietnam) has signed with EHL Advisory Services to
become a VET by EHL Licensed Center to train service-minded hospitality
professionals ready to thrive in a shifting industry.

Cityland Education (CE) is thrilled to start the year 2021 with an exciting
partnership with EHL, the best hospitality school in the world, which confirms
our confidence in the tourism potential of Vietnam. By venturing into the
education industry, Cityland is not only strengthening its position as a
leading Vietnamese group but also fully engaging into its corporate social
responsibility policy.

Cityland
Education aims at offering the best educational and vocational programs
available worldwide to the Vietnamese students and workforce. By bridging the
gap between the job market needs and the education space, Cityland Education is
looking forward to strengthening local skills, expanding career opportunities and
enhancing Vietnamese people’s lives.

The
VET by EHL program is a blended
skills training model based on the Swiss Competency Framework, regarded as one
of the best education models in the world. It is characterized by a strong
learning outcomes approach and a competence-oriented structure of training
content. The curriculum emphasizes practical learning, designed to enable
graduates to be work-ready upon completion.

As
a VET by EHL Licensed Center, Cityland Education through its Hotel Academy
Phu Quoc will offer 4 module-based
Professional Diplomas and Certificates to students interested in
fast-tracking or upgrading their career in hospitality: Kitchen, Service, Rooms and Hotel Administration.

The
flexible program structure targets students and professionals at different
levels in their career focusing on the application of skills through real-world
learning and internships. All learning content is developed by EHL in
Switzerland, encouraging a stimulating and interactive teaching style.

Our
collaboration with EHL is a common answer to the current aspiration of the
Vietnamese hospitality industry, and the service industry in general, to
upgrade the skills of its professional workers and therefore improve our
customers’ experience while visiting our country.

Our
upcoming Hotel Academy Phu Quoc will be the first training center owned
by Cityland Education and licensed under the standards of VET by EHL. The Hotel
Academy will follow VET by EHL’s international requirements in terms of
facilities and design and will comprise of more than 10,000sqm available to
students. The learning environment will match VET by EHL’s blended learning
model and consist of:

• a 50-room
  training hotel with 4 meeting rooms
• 10 full-size
  classrooms and 16 half-size classrooms
• 1 ballroom
• 1 reception
• 1 IT
  laboratory
• 1
  demonstration kitchen
• 4 study rooms
• 1 print shop
  and multimedia corner,�  
• 1 library
• 1 bakery and
  1 café bar
• 1 main
  kitchen

The
convenient location of the Hotel Academy Phu Quoc at only a 10-min drive
from the international airport provides great accessibility for students and
professionals flying in while being close to Long Beach and its numerous hotels
and resorts.

Finally,
Cityland Education views the current pandemic as an opportunistic time for
students and professionals to improve and hone their skills as the travel &
tourism industry is redefining its future. As a destination, Vietnam has been
blessed with amazing landscapes, rich culture and exquisite cuisine which make
us among travellers’ top destination choices. We believe that with the right
training and the integration of best practices, we will be able to provide an
authentic and memorable experience with a whole new level of service.

Statement from VET by EHL

Mr.
André Mack, Director & Deputy Senior Managing Director of EHL Advisory
Services also shared his vision regarding the upcoming Hotel Academy Phu
Quoc” EHL is delighted to partner with Cityland Group to establish the
very first VET by EHL center in Vietnam. We believe that this partnership will
set up a unique hospitality education community within the region by providing
students with an education that upholds the highest international standards and
EHL excellence and supports the local hospitality industry development. “

About CityLand

CityLand
Investment Company Limited (CityLand) develops and operates a multi-industry
business, which places real estate development at core. Our mission is to
contribute to the creation of prosperous life for people through inclusive and
high-class residences without compromising the quality of the environment.
Sustainable and high-quality life for people is our strongest motivation. On a
broader scale, we aim to bring sustainable values to the socio-economic
development of Vietnam. We envision ourselves to become a trustworthy and
leading brand in Vietnam’s real estate industry and to enlarge our business
scope to international market.

With
such dedication and vision, CityLand embraces credibility, quality, integrity,
commitment and community value as core values in our business philosophy and
relationships with stakeholders. CityLand commits the highest quality on all
CityLand branded properties while having strong focus on strategic and successful
partnerships, and sustainable employment practices.

Throughout
the years, CityLand has successfully developed many real estate projects such
as CityLand Riverside, CityLand Garden Hills, CityLand Park Hills and CityLand
Center Hills. Following the success we have achieved, we continue to grow and
build our ongoing projects such as Forest Bay Phu Quoc, President Park, Dong
Mai City…

CityLand
has been continuing striving towards success and achieving significant
recognitions such as Best Luxury Township Development 2020, Best Luxury
Developer Southeast Asia 2018, Top 10 Vietnam’s Largest Private Enterprise
2016-2017…

Cityland
Education is the education arm of Cityland.

Vision:
to contribute to Vietnam’s peaceful future, social stability and economic growth
by building the capacities of the next generation of Vietnamese students and
professionals.

Mission:
to offer the best curriculum and trainings available worldwide to our students
so they can acquire the right skills to meet the employment market needs.

About EHL Group

EHL Group encompasses a
portfolio of specialized business units that deliver hospitality management
education and innovation worldwide. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the
Group includes:

EHL Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne is an ambassador for traditional Swiss hospitality
and has been a pioneer in hospitality education since 1893 with over 25,000
alumni worldwide and over 120 nationalities among its students. EHL is the
world’s first hospitality management school that provides undergraduate and
graduate programs at its campuses in Lausanne, Singapore and Chur-Passugg, as
well as online learning solutions. The university of applied sciences is ranked
n°1 by QS World University Rankings by subject and CEOWorld Magazine, and its
gastronomic restaurant is the world’s only educational establishment to hold a
Michelin Star for two consecutive years.

EHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality has been one of the leading hospitality management
colleges for hotel specialists for 50 years. The College delivers
Swiss-accredited federal diplomas of vocational education and training and of
higher education in its 19th century spa-hotel in Chur-Passugg, Graubünden, to
Swiss and international students from 20 countries.

EHL Advisory Services is the largest Swiss hospitality
advisory company specializing in service culture implementation, business
consulting, as well as the development and quality assurance of learning
centers. EHL Advisory Services has offices in Lausanne, Beijing, Shanghai and
New Delhi and has delivered mandates in more than 60 countries over the past 40
years.