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Aspira establishes internship cooperation with the hotel in the Castello di Spaltenna castle located the heart of Italy

Aspira has made yet another exceptional internship opportunity possible for its students by establishing a cooperation with the wonderful Castello di Spaltenna five-star hotel, situated in a beautiful castle in Sienna. This luxurious hotel/castle ranks very highly on many international lists. Apart from receiving excellent comments from visitors, it is also graded as excellent on…

Ćiro advises future sport managers

“Never be morally foolish, that will jeopardise your credibility. Be righteous and arm yourselves with knowledge!” Miroslav Blažević, the coach of coaches and great strategist, held a motivational lecture for students of sport and tourist management at University College Aspira. During the lecture titled “The Formula of Success”, Ćiro reflected on the seven factors necessary for…

Round table discussion held at Aspira: Security at big sporting events – ahead of the Euro 2016 in France and the Olympic Games in Brasil

On June 8, University College Aspira was host to esteemed individuals in the fields of sport and security who participated in the round table discussion “Security at big sporting events – ahead of the Euro 2016 in France and the Olympic Games in Brasil”. Participants included prof. Mirko Bilandžić, PhD, from the Faculty of Humanities and…

Ultra Europe festival to stay in Split!

University College Aspira had the great honour to host Luka Jureško and Nail Hasanović, communications director and financial controller of the Ultra Europe Festival, respectively. They acquainted us with the complexity of organising such a large event, as well as their need to hire an assistant from Split, hoping to find one in the ranks…

Aspira students on study trip to Madrid

Aspira students participated in the Madrid Weekender and had the opportunity to visit the Mutua Madrid Open 2016 tournament held at the wonderful La Caja Mágica complex, visit the Santiago Bernabéu stadium where they watched the Real Madrid – Valencia match, did the Bernabéu Tour and dined at the Real Café Bernabéu. They also learned…

Foreign lecturers featured in the Gastronomy study programme

The education of the future developers of Croatian gastronomy and oenology follows current global developments and trends. One of the key predefined features is the excellence in every segment of the study programme, resulting in the education of world-class professionals who will, the moment they complete their studies, possess the knowledge and skills that meet…

“Jobs for Hotels” Lecture

The “Jobs for Hotels” lecture was held at the University College Aspira on 28 April 2016 by guest lecturer Mrs Anke Mass who presented the Leonardo Hotels group to the students. Our student Dora Alfirević reports: Mrs Mass started this interesting lecture by briefly describing the characteristic of the Leonardo Hotels group, stating how since…

Lecture: Online advertising

As part of the International Marketing in Tourism and Marketing Basics classes, the students of University College Aspira had the opportunity to listen to a lecture by Mr Ivan Francesevic from the company SeekandHit on Tuesday, 26 April. SeekandHit is a reputable Split-based company focused on Internet marketing, which currently employs over 20 people. What is…

Workshop – Champagnes and Sparkling Wines

Our well-known and esteemed sommelier Siniša Koceić held a “Champagnes and Sparkling Wines” workshop today for first-year students of International Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University College Aspira. He began the workshop by telling a story of how one of the most famous champagnes, Dom Pérignon, was actually created by accident. Dom Pérignon was…