June 2011 - Ms. Julie Orton has been appointed
General Manager of The Hotel School
Sydney. Her career to date has spanned both the Education and
Hospitality
sectors, most recently based in Hong Kong as Regional Admissions
Director Asia
for Laureate International Universities Inc and prior to that General
Manager
Leisure and Restaurant Associates for Compass Group.
Julie’s roots are in Education.
She comes from a family of Australian educators. Her grandmother was
awarded
the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution to migrant
education
and both her parents are still working in university education.
“I am truly excited by the
prospect of helping to further develop The Hotel School Sydney brand”
says
Julie “and so proud to become associated with an institution that has
an
incomparable reputation in hospitality education. It’s unique in
Australia and,
I think, anywhere in the world. It’s hard to beat a partnership between
a
leading university, Southern Cross University and the Mulpha Australia
group of
properties, InterContinental Sydney, Hayman Great Barrier Reef,
Sanctuary Cove,
Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove and Bimbadgen Estate Hunter Valley. The
Hotel
School Sydney is the only hotel school situated in the Sydney CBD, has
been
setting benchmarks in hospitality education for 22 years, winning every
Tourism
Australia and NSW Tourism Award for excellence at one time or another
and is
growing every year in academic stature and student numbers as it
becomes
recognized as a centre of academic research, linking formal academia
and the
fast paced global hospitality industry. It’s a dream job !”