We train hotel staff with English language skills, initiative, and communication skills to be active both domestically and internationally.
A hotel is a place where guests from different cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs, the elderly, people with disabilities, and many other types of guests visit. Learn the knowledge and skills to provide hospitality that exceeds the expectations of diverse guests.
The word "hotel" in a nutshell includes city hotels, resort hotels, etc., and their corporate culture and clientele vary widely. Through corporate research on each hotel, you will learn about the "hotel", and through self-analysis and group work, you will learn about "yourself" to determine which hotels you can work at with a sense of fulfillment.
Customize the timetable by selecting subjects that match each student's interests and career path. Improve your English skills, as well as second language, sign language, media design, SNS research, and financial analysis. Through the study of a variety of subjects, you will broaden the scope of your career in the hotel industry.
Students learn about the hotel industry and its operations in the classroom and put it into practice in an internship.
Students will learn about the different types of hotels and their differences, the human resources they require, and their future prospects, and clarify the characteristics of each hotel. Hotel tours, special lectures by current hotel staff, and exchange events with graduates working at hotels will also be offered.
Students learn systematically from service operation (accommodation, food & beverage, banquet, and cooking) to management such as marketing, general affairs and personnel, accounting, etc. Many students have achieved their goals to pass the basic level 2 of the Hotel Business Practice Test in November and the first level in March.
Students will experience the joys, rigors, and rewards of hotel work through a work-based internship (2 or 4 weeks) at a first-class hotel in Tokyo and its suburbs or at the international training center "British Hills".
Students will conduct company research and self-analysis of each hotel through a variety of work, and develop the ability to determine for themselves which hotel is the "right one for them. Students will also be practically prepared for job interviews.
Participants will learn the protocol necessary for smooth international exchange, knowledge of religion and food culture and taboos that are essential when treating people from diverse backgrounds, and work on practical work.
Students learn how to communicate with diverse others, including the elderly and people with disabilities. Participants will experience basic wheelchair operation, etc., and understand hospitality from the standpoint of both the caregiver and the recipient.
International Hotel Department 2nd year
Aika Endo
Kanagawa Prefectural Zama High School graduate
Offered position: Shangri-La Tokyo
I was manager of a soccer team in high school and found it rewarding to "make someone happy," which is how I came to aspire to become a hotelier. I wanted to acquire the ability to use English on the job, not just learn it in class - it was during this time that I came across KIFL. I attended a trial class and was attracted by the learning style in which everyone actively spoke English, so I decided to enroll without hesitation.
After entering KIFL, I systematically learned everything from the basics of the hotel industry to practical business operations, and in my first year, I was ranked first in Japan in both Levels 2 and 1 of the Hotel Business Practice Examination. In addition to the extensive preparation for the examinations, I feel that this was the result of naturally acquiring the ability to think and act with an awareness of the workplace through team work on assignments. My English speaking ability has also improved dramatically. In the classes taught by foreign teachers, there were many opportunities to experience English while having fun, such as cooking, watching movies, and at the end-of-term party. In an environment where it was natural to ask and answer questions in English, I gradually began to think and speak naturally in English. My TOEIC® score, which was 565 when I first entered the school, increased to 885, and I am convinced that language has become my weapon of choice.
The accumulation of these studies led to a job offer at Shangri-La Tokyo, a luxury foreign-capital hotel, which was my first choice. The warm hospitality of the staff I met during the employment examination strengthened my desire to work here. Eventually, I would like to work as a concierge and take on the challenge of working overseas. From spring, I would like to provide the best possible service to each and every one of our customers on the stage of my dreams.
TOEIC® 600 or above, Practical English Proficiency Test Level 2 or above, Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 or above, IT Passport, Microsoft Office Specialist
