Alimara University Hotel
Can you imagine studying at a university campus that has an integrated hotel where you can apply everything you learn?
This is what the Alimara University Hotel offers, located on the CETT Campus, an essential space for the development of education, research, and knowledge transfer in the fields of tourism, hospitality, and gastronomy.
With a 4-star rating and a total of 156 rooms, this hotel offers meeting rooms, gardens, and an excellent gastronomic offer. It is the first university hotel model in Spain that combines the hospitality and academic fields, where you will have the opportunity to practically experience all the knowledge gained in the CETT's educational programs.
But what exactly is a university hotel?
This unique hotel model, inspired by university hospitals, aims to positively impact the training of future professionals in the tourism and hospitality sectors through applied, experiential, and effective learning. In addition, it contributes to your personal and professional development, as well as to the sustainable and responsible growth of the sector, through innovative projects that serve as market benchmarks.
4I Model
Inspire the journey
You will inspire the journey and participate in enhancing the customer experience at the hotel.
Impact society and the sector
You will be part of a dynamic and active innovation ecosystem to generate positive changes at a sectoral and social level.
Boost yourself!
We’ve reinvented internships so you can take off. We offer you the hotel’s work environment to live a unique first practical experience, where you can put your learning to the test, making it the springboard you need to enter the workforce.
Innovate through knowledge
You will develop projects in the fields of hospitality and tourism, promote a creative culture of continuous improvement, and generate real changes in a leading hotel in Barcelona.
The Alimara University Hotel has a permanent research laboratory known as Alimara Lab. This lab is a space for experimenting with new technologies, services, and processes for the hotel industry, dedicated to applied research. Collaborative projects are carried out here with tourism companies, research on relevant sector issues, professional training, and the promotion of innovation in the tourism sector.
The Alimara Lab has its own research, innovation, and development team for continuous improvement in hospitality, where you can participate in projects to:
- Improve customer experience.
- Increase the establishment's efficiency.
- Promote sustainability through technology.
- Conduct pilot tests and prototypes of new products and services before launching them to the market.
- Foster social inclusion programs, support for education, social responsibility, and inclusion with local communities.
What else can you do at the Alimara Hotel?
At the Alimara University Hotel, you won’t just participate in these unique learning and research opportunities, but you’ll also be able to develop your full potential in a real experimentation environment. Depending on the specialization of your studies, you’ll have the opportunity to focus on what interests you most to become a pioneering professional in the tourism and hospitality industry:
The Alimara University Hotel offers you an opportunity for comprehensive development, providing an active learning experience with unique spaces and methodologies for your academic and professional life. Take advantage of this unique environment to put your knowledge into practice, collaborate on innovative projects, and prepare to stand out in the tourism and hospitality sector as a pioneering professional.
Real application projects
You will develop projects with the potential to be applied in the hotel as pilot tests or design ephemeral experiences to study guest satisfaction in areas such as sustainability, events, the commercial department, guest service, or gastronomic experience.
Enlaira’t (Take off) Program
We’ve reinvented internships and boosted them with a program that elevates your professional future. We offer you professional stays at the hotel, framed within strategic improvement projects, with the guidance of the CETT teaching team and the professionals at the Alimara Hotel.
Training
You will be the protagonist of educational innovation projects defined by hotel professionals and CETT professors. You will benefit from publications and teaching materials that come from the center's research, which are added to the academic offer and contribute to the dissemination of knowledge in tourism and hospitality management.
R&D&I
You will participate in innovation projects together with tourism companies. By offering our experience in the field of research and the development of new products and services, we can energize the sector and create more opportunities for your professional future.
Entrepreneurship
Do you have an entrepreneurial project in mind? We’ll make available to you a business incubator, and you can participate in networking activities and themed conferences. In our Social Hub, we’ll create a meeting space between students, professionals, entrepreneurs, and social network actors.