Congress building Hotel Einstein becomes HSG campus

The Hotel Einstein makes its premises available to the University of St. Gallen.Around 5,000 people take part in continuing education courses at the University of St.Gallen every year. These are offered on the one hand by the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law and on the other hand by the institutes. According to the latest regionalization report, participants in continuing education events spent around CHF 13 million in the Appenzell AR - St.Gallen - Lake Constance region in 2013. Various HSG events, continuing education courses and seminars triggered 33,500 overnight stays in the city and region. This corresponds to almost every fifth (18%) overnight stay in the city and region.Continuing education location in the cityA large proportion of the courses - from short seminars to the Executive MBA - are offered at the company's own Holzweid continuing education center. For some years now, courses have also been held at the Einstein Congress Center and some in the Zurich area. In order to meet the gratifying demand for executive education with a suitable, additional infrastructure, Hotel Einstein and the University of St.Gallen have now entered into a long-term partnership. The Einstein's congress building will be prominently marked as "Campus E" and will thus be recognizable as the HSG's continuing education location in the city. The Einstein will, of course, remain a leading, independent congress center, making its facilities available to all interested parties.Cooperation for an initial period of five yearsThe two partners officially inaugurated "Campus E" on December 6, 2016. "We are delighted about this long-term partnership. We are convinced that we can offer an attractive infrastructure for HSG continuing education at a top level with our seminar rooms, the high-quality catering and hotel facilities, and the fitness park," said Michael Vogt, General Manager of Einstein. "We also see this cooperation as a commitment to St.Gallen as a location and we are pleased that we were able to enter into this with a first-class partner," said Prorector Kuno Schedler. The cooperation is initially valid for the years 2017 to 2021, after which an evaluation is planned. If both partners are satisfied, the cooperation will be continued indefinitely.