At Vatel Spain your professors are working executives: the general manager of two Gran Meliá hotels, Meliá’s vice president of management control, the director of sales of the Marriott Auditorium or a former executive director of UN Tourism. Here they are, with their name, role and what they teach. Where some Vatel professors work today A selection of the faculty: executives who combine their corporate role with teaching at Vatel Spain. The person teaching you is the one who knows the vacancies, recommends and hires. Cluster General Manager of Palacio de los Duques and Hotel Fénix, two luxury Gran Meliá hotels in Madrid Fifteen years managing luxury hotels: Meliá, Derby Hotels (Hotel Urban, with a Michelin star), Iberostar and Barceló. Professor at Vatel since 2023. TeachesLuxury hotel management Vice President of Management Control · Hotel Performance, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics More than twenty years at Meliá Hotels International. He took part in the openings of ME Madrid, ME London, ME Ibiza, ME Milan, ME Dubai and Gran Meliá Rome. TeachesManagement control and data analysis Director of Sales and Marketing She leads sales at the largest convention hotel in Madrid: 869 rooms, a 2,000-seat auditorium, 56 meeting rooms. Professor at Vatel since 2021 and at ESCP Business School. TeachesCSR in the MBA · Event management in the Bachelor Former Executive Director of UN Tourism (2008-2018) · Former Director General of Oman's Tourism Strategy Former Vice President of RCI (Wyndham Group) and professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos since 2000. He led the UN Tourism Regional Programme for the Americas. TeachesInternational tourism strategy and policy Director of Operations Almost twenty years at Hyatt in four countries: Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel Martinez, Hyatt Regency London The Churchill and Johannesburg. TeachesHotel operations Global MICE Director Twenty-five years in international hotel sales: NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding, Gran Meliá Don Pepe, Hilton, Marriott and Steigenberger. TeachesMICE: meetings, conferences and events Luxury hotel sales · Former Director of Sales at InterContinental Madrid and Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine More than twenty years selling luxury hotels: InterContinental Madrid, Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine, Hyatt Regency La Manga, AC Santo Mauro and Occidental Miguel Ángel. TeachesLuxury sales HR Manager A human resources career within Hilton: Hilton Madrid, Hilton Madrid Airport and DoubleTree by Hilton. HR professor at Vatel. TeachesPeople management Business Intelligence Senior Specialist She previously built the Business Intelligence department at Radisson Hotel Group. She coordinates and teaches BI in the Vatel MBA since 2023. TeachesBusiness Intelligence and dashboards (MBA ES and EN) Three consequences of having working executives in the classroom. Revenue, operations or sales with the real data and decisions of the chains where the professors work. In luxury hotels in Madrid, Málaga and the rest of Spain, backed by a faculty that knows the people who hire. Professors, the Careers Forum and a community of more than 45,000 Vatel alumni worldwide. Straight answers for those choosing their MBA. Working executives from the hotel and tourism industry: a Cluster General Manager at Gran Meliá, the Vice President of Management Control at Meliá Hotels International, the Director of Sales & Marketing of the Marriott Auditorium Madrid, a former Executive Director of UN Tourism, and directors of operations, MICE, luxury sales, human resources and business intelligence. They combine their corporate role with teaching at Vatel. Because what is taught is what is being done in hotels today, with real cases and current data. And because the professor is also the student’s first professional network: the person teaching the class is the one who knows the vacancies, recommends and hires within their chain. A master’s degree for those who already hold a degree and want to move into hotel management. Management focus (revenue, operations, people, strategy), management-level internships in luxury hotels, on the Madrid campus, in Spanish or in English. Vatel degree certified by the French State. In chains such as Meliá, Marriott, Four Seasons, Jumeirah, Belmond, Barceló, RIU, Radisson or Anantara, among others. The Vatel Spain alumni page shows real cases with name and role: estudiarenvatel.es/vatel-spain-alumni/ The admissions team will tell you about the MBA and the Bachelor, and which professors teach in each. For those who already hold a degree and want to enter hotel management through the front door, with these professors in the classroom. Three years between the classroom and the hotel to lead teams at the leading chains. Campuses in Madrid and Málaga. For those who already hold a degree and want to enter hotel management through the front door, with the Vatel network of chains behind them. Or call us: +34 662 44 44 00 · Everything about the MBA
Hotel & Tourism
Business School
Faculty · Vatel Spain
Learn from the people who run the hotels.
Gran Meliá
UN Tourism
The faculty
Some of the professors
at Vatel Spain, one by one.
Vatel professor
Fran Mora
Vatel professor
Alejandro Jiménez-Alfaro Morote
Vatel professor
Ana Montejano Pastor
UN Tourism
Vatel professor
Carlos Vogeler
Thompson Madrid · Hyatt
Vatel professor
Babacar Diouf
Minor Hotels · NH, Anantara, Avani, Tivoli
Vatel professor
Sebastián Seguí
Ventas de lujo
Vatel professor
Ángeles Lara Oria
Hotel Montera Madrid · Curio Collection by Hilton
Vatel professor
Ana Garrucho Fernández
Vatel professor
María Pérez García
What changes when the professor is an executive
Class in the morning,
executive committee in the afternoon.
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This week’s cases, not a textbook
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Management-level internships
03
A professional network from day one
Frequently asked questions
What people ask us
about our professors
Who teaches the MBA in Hotel Management at Vatel Spain?
Why does it matter that the professors are working executives?
What is the MBA in Hotel Management at Vatel Spain?
Where do MBA alumni work?
If you want to learn from them
Two ways to study
at Vatel Spain.
With a degree completed
MBA in Hotel Management
After high school
Bachelor in International Hotel Management
MBA in Hotel Management
In Madrid.
In Spanish or in English.
