The Centre for Hospitality Studies and Research
The Centre for Hospitality Studies & Research (CHSR) aims to be the leader in integrated Canadian hospitality research, student focused, and experiential learning.
The Centre for Hospitality and Research
The Centre for Hospitality and Research is a teaching hotel designed to provide secondary education in the hospitality industry. The Centre aims to be the leader in integrated Canadian hospitality research, student focused, and experiential learning.
The hotel/school will be capable of housing and educating 600 students yearly and will accept applications from anywhere in the world.
While the typical hospitality program is industry-focused, teaching hotels – where students learn from a hands-on approach – can play an important role in better preparing students for the hotel industry.
The Centre will be a technology-savvy teaching hotel, specializing in hybrid hospitality management programs tailored to meet industry needs.
The Bliss Hotel
A sustainable zero carbon footprint hotel that was born for the love of hospitality and where each guest is part of our curriculum.
The Bliss Hotel is first and foremost a teaching hotel.
The hotel will be a franchise-able concept which can be blended with secondary hub cities and destinations historically experiencing human resource shortfall. This would engage local businesses to support students transition into the seasonal workforce.
Plans for the hotel include a two-story lobby, a bar and cafe, indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, a fine dining restaurant, rooftop bar, and two-story penthouse (the royal suite).
It will be constructed in 3 stages in the town of Hinton, Alberta, about a 15-minute drive from Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies, which is already a tourist destination.
The Challenge
Two out of every three accommodation businesses see labour issues as a significant business impediment.
Rooms are going unsold, business is being turned away, and expansion plans are curtailed.
Operations are scaled back, and doors remain open with insufficient staff.
An expected 33% growth in available full-time jobs supported through growing consumer demand for accommodation services by 2035; The accommodation industry could experience a labour shortfall of 10,000 by 2035. The shortfall will continue further to slow down the recovery in the post-COVID era.
The industry expects the impact to remain visible for the next five years.
The Solution
The Centre for Hospitality Studies and Research at the Bliss Hotel.
A sustainable zero carbon footprint hotel that was born for the love of hospitality and where each guest is part of our curriculum.
- Hotel Internships
- Embedded Operational and Observation Exposure
- Classroom Enrichment
- Research
- Network and Industry Outreach
- Academic Partnership
The Future of Bliss of Hinton
- Phase 1a: Center of Hospitality Studies and Research
- Phase 1b: Bliss Hotel
- Phase 2: Hinton Convention Center
- Phase 3: Bliss Resort Lodges & Hinton Golf Course
