Youth Hospitality Leadership Camp

Switzerland, Spain & UAE

Turn your ideas into experiences. Lead, create, and bring hospitality to life.

Step into the world of hospitality and discover how ideas become brands, events, and memorable guest experiences. Through hands-on workshops, F&B experiences, creative challenges, and real event projects, you will build leadership, communication, teamwork, and execution skills.

Age:

15 - 17

Campus:

Les Roches Crans-Montana, Marbella or Abu Dhabi

Duration:

1 week or 2 consecutive weeks

2-week option:

2 week on same campus or

1 week in Crans Montana+ 1 Week in Marbella

3-week option:

1 week per campus (Abu Dhabi+ Crans Montana+ Marbella)

Credits:

1 US Credit / 2 ECTS per week; 2 US Credits / 4 ECTS for two weeks

Program overview

This is a hands-on introduction to hospitality for students who want to create, lead, and make things happen. You will explore personal branding, marketing, event design, F&B, guest experience, and communication through practical challenges rather than traditional lectures.

Across the two-week experience, you can progress from building your personal brand and creating an event concept to designing and delivering a live hospitality experience for an invited audience.

Week 1 — Hospitality, Brand & Event Leadership

Build your leadership toolkit and discover the creative side of hospitality. You will develop a personal brand, experiment with marketing ideas, explore F&B skills, and design an event from concept to execution.

Ignite the Fire:

Mission launch game, team identity quest, inspiration walk, impact wall, and F&B activities.

Unleash Your Brand:

Personality scanner, TikTok elevator pitch, personal logo, and tagline.

Marketing Magic:

The 10-second hook, sell-me-this-idea challenge, and Instagram challenge.

Event Hackathon:

Event concept development, budgeting, resources, and the influencer playbook.

Presentation Power & Grand Finale:

Voice and presence, storytelling, slide makeover, Shark Tank pitch, and closing ceremony.

F&B experiences

Practical F&B rotations include Italian cuisine, Japanese cuisine, barista skills, pastry, non-alcohol mixology and the art of service, following the program schedule.

Week 2 — Hospitality Operations & Guest Experience

Go from creating an idea to making it happen. During the second week, you will design, cost, plan, rehearse, and deliver a themed F&B or event concept for an invited audience.

Concept & Menu Design:

Develop a themed F&B/event concept and menu, including basic costing and sourcing.

Kitchen & Service Skills Deep-Dive:

Advanced practical rotations and service-standard training.

Guest Experience Design:

Map the guest journey and explore front-of-house standards, complaint handling, and VIP service.

Build Day:

Rehearse the live event, refine the experience, and prepare the setup.

Live Service Showcase:

Deliver your F&B/event experience to an invited audience, followed by a guided debrief.

Outdoor Learning

Selected sessions and field trips are delivered outdoors, including lakeside settings, light hiking trails, and beach-based sessions in Marbella. Outdoor learning combines structured activities with games and time in nature. Specific days and locations will be confirmed closer to delivery. All outdoor sessions and field trips remain instructor-led and supervised.

A typical day

Morning:

Breakfast

Activity

Practical workshop

Midday:

Lunch break

Afternoon:

Interactive group work or industry visit / excursion

Leisure activity

Dinner

Depending on your choice of program and/or location, you can enjoy:

Presentation skills training

5-star hotel visits

Hands-on hospitality workshops

Team building

City/cultural tours

Fun activities

You’ll be provided with a full timetable of activities upon arrival.

Assessment & credits

Each week is independently credit-bearing. Week 1 culminates in a practical Shark Tank Pitch focused on an event and marketing strategy. Week 2 culminates in a practical Live Service Showcase. Each course carries 1 US Credit / 2 ECTS, for a total of 2 US Credits / 4 ECTS when both weeks are completed.

Two-week campus experience

Choose both weeks to extend your experience from brand and event leadership into hospitality operations and guest experience. Week 2 can take place at a different Les Roches campus without changing the course content, learning outcomes, or credit value.

Three-week campus experience

Choose all three weeks to extend your experience across the Les Roches world. Spend one week at each of our three campuses — Crans-Montana, Marbella, and Abu Dhabi — and experience different destinations, cultures, and hospitality environments while building on your learning throughout the program.

1 Week Options

1 Week Abu Dhabi Campus

4-11 July

AED 4,500 (without accommodation) /

AED 10,250 (with accommodation)

1 Week in Crans Montana Campus 18-25 July 2027 CHF3490

1 Week in Marbella Campus 25 July-1 August EUR 2700

2 Week Options

2 Weeks in Crans Montana Campus 11- 25 July 6000 CHF

2 Weeks in Marbella Campus 18 July - 1 August EUR 4350

Combo 1:

1 week Crans Montana Campus + 1 week Marbella Campus 11–25 July 2027 EUR 5,500

Combo 2 :

1 week Abu Dhabi+ 1 week Crans Montana campus + 1 week Marbella Campus 4–25 July 2027 EUR 7,000

Entry requirements

Our Summer Camps are open to students aged 15–17. To participate, students must hold a valid passport for the entire duration of the program and have valid health insurance coverage for their full stay, including coverage applicable to the country where the program takes place. Students are responsible for meeting any entry or visa requirements applicable to their nationality and destination.

For the LR Hospitality Leadership Camp and LR Youth Sports Leadership Camp, if English is not your first language, or if you have not spent the last two years studying at a school where English is the primary language of instruction, you must provide a copy of one of the following English language qualifications:

TOEFL: 70 (internet-based)
IELTS: Average 5.5, with a minimum of 5.0 in each component
Cambridge: FCE Grade C or CAE minimum 160 points
Duolingo: Score of 110, with no component under 100–105

For the LR Youth Hospitality English Camp: Outdoor Learning, students should have an English level below the 5.5 IELTS entry requirement for Les Roches programs. Students will take the Les Roches entry test at the end of their program to assess their English level and progression toward the required entry standard