The Swiss Hotel School SA (SHS) is a private higher education institution based at Turaco House, 33-35 Bond Street, Ferndale, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was established in 1995 by Jurg Vontobel, a Swiss hospitality educator, with its curriculum modelled on the Hotel School Belvoirpark in Zurich, where Vontobel had previously served as Director. The institution's operating entity is linked to the name Turaco Hospitality, which appears in official contact and directory listings alongside 'Swiss Hotel School SA', and the campus premises are named Turaco House, consistent with a Turaco Hospitality-to-Swiss Hotel School naming association. The school focuses on hospitality management and professional culinary/culinary arts education, operating through two divisions: the SHS Institute of Hospitality Management and the SHS Institute of Culinary Arts. Its Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and its Professional Culinary Arts Programme carries City & Guilds and QCTO accreditation. As a private higher education provider offering CHE-accredited qualifications, it operates within South Africa's DHET-regulated private higher education framework, though a specific DHET registration number could not be independently verified from public sources. Current leadership includes Stephen Hickmore and Phillip Meyer. Specific student enrollment figures are not publicly disclosed.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Bachelor of Hospitality Management (3 years, full-time)
- Higher Certificate in Hospitality Studies (1 year, full-time)
- Advanced Certificate in Kitchen Management (20 months, part-time)
- Professional Culinary Arts Programme (3 years, full-time)
- Higher Certificate in Professional Cookery (1 year, full-time)
- Higher Certificate in Pastry & Bakery (1 year, full-time)