Hospitality honors

Winning three of the five coveted prizes at the graduation ceremony of Les Roches the Swiss hotel management school in December 2002, Anahita Darius Dastur proceeded to Macau in January 2003 for her third internship at the Mandarin Oriental Macau (near Hongkong), notes a press release. Pursuing higher education in hospitality management in Switzerland since July 2000 Dastur has been consistently attaining a distinction over the three academic semesters securing a gold medal for her performance where her average showed 92 percent.

She was appointed president of the Summer 2002 "Les Roches” chapter of the Eta Sigma Delta International Hospitality and Tourism Management Honor Society, an honor conferred on her by the dean of her School Ronald Carpenter, adds the release. Her internationally acclaimed School is located in the quaint village of Bluche in the Swiss Alps. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc, USA, the course offers six months of academic and operational training at the School followed by a six-month internship in the industry.

Anahita Dastur (Center) was conferred the gold meal by Jean-Claude Bailly (left) and Carpenter

Dastur’s internships at the Langham Hilton in London (February-July 2001) and at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay (January-June 2002) helped her gain "valuable knowledge and experience required in this profession.”

"Anahita proved herself very worthy of the financial support extended to her,” mentions Behram Dastur, chief executive of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet which was one of the institutions which supported her foreign education. Other trusts like the J. N. Tata Endowment, R. D. Sethna Charities, M. K. Tata Trust and the World Zoroastrian Organisation too financed Anahita after she graduated with a first class in commerce from Bombay’s H. R. College of Commerce and Economics, states the release.