Australian International Hotel School

The Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) is a university-level provider of hotel management education, located in Canberra, Australia’s Capital. The school was founded in 1995 in close affiliation with Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

The School delivers the following programs in Canberra:

• Master of Hotel Management
• Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management
• Graduate Certificate in Hotel Management

The AIHS is part of Laureate Hospitality Education - along with the Glion Institute of Higher Education, Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Les Roches International School of Hotel Management Marbella (Spain), Les Roches Gruyere University of Applied Sciences and Les Roches Jin Jiang (People's Republic of China).

History

AIHS was founded in 1995.

The Hotel Kurrajong has been a part of the school from its beginning, being one of the few hospitality schools in the world – and the only school in the Southern Hemisphere – which operates its own commercial hotel on-site.

Designed in 1924 by the Commonwealth’s Chief Architect, John Smith Murdoch, who also designed Parliament House and the Hotel Canberra (now the Park Hyatt), the Hotel Kurrajong is an example of early Commonwealth architecture, influenced by the Prairie style of architects Frank Lloyd Wright and visionary planner of Canberra, Walter Burley Griffin.

In September 2005, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS) Pty Ltd acquired operation of AIHS and a...
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