The Business Council of the Vistula School of Hospitality is an advisory body whose aim is to support the university in all the tasks related to its scientific and educational development, in particular, by suggesting directions of its business activity, initiating joint projects, as well as creating the image and popularizing the initiatives undertaken by the Council the socio-economic environment.

Composition of the Business Council:

1. Aida Bella – Expert in communication, PR, and sports marketing
2. Dominik Borek – Director of the Department of Tourism, Ministry of Sport and Tourism
3. Viktoria Chmielewska – CEO, Inward Experience Agency
4. Mateusz Czerwiński – President of the Board, The Warsaw Tourism Organization
5. Marzena German – Expert in media relations and external communication, Wakacje.pl
6. Joanna Gorczyca – Director for Prevention and CSR, PZU
7. Grażyna Grot-Duziak – Owner of MICE Expert
8. Andrzej Hulewicz – Vice President of Mazurkas Travel
9. Agnieszka Kalinowska – Senior Manager Media Relations & PR Poland & Eastern Europe, Accor Services Poland
10. Grzegorz Karolewski – Commercial Director, ETI Podróże
11. Magdalena Kondas – Editor-in-Chief of Meeting Planner
12. Anna Księżnik – President of the Board, Primespeakers
13. Emilia Kubik – Director of Polish Office, Travel Advance; Board Member, SITE Poland
14. Agnieszka Kułaga – CEO, Alloweat
15. Aneta Lewandowska – General Manager, Sofitel Warsaw Victoria
16. Mateusz Lewandowski – Director of Sales, Louvre Hotels Group
17. Marzena Markowska – Editor-in-Chief of WaszaTurystyka.pl
18. Sebastian Nasiłowski – CEO, Tourist Polska; Board Member, Polska Izba Turystyki
19. Davide Odella – Board Member, Expo XXI Warsaw
20. Żaneta Rybak – Owner, Gabinety Puławska
21. Magdalena Sidorowicz – Director of Sales and Marketing, Arche S.A.
22. Izabela Stelmańska – Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Promotion and Tourism, Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodship in Warsaw
23. Karolina Stępniak – Editor-in-Chief of Świat Hoteli and horecanet.pl; Publishing Director; Co-owner of Brog B2B
24. Agnieszka Stryjecka – Director of Marketing, Sixt Polska
25. Bartłomiej Szmajdziński – Director of HR Region EE, Essendi Poland
26. Barbara Świderska – Dream Events; MPI Poland Chapter
27. Ireneusz Węgłowski – President of the Polish Hotel Industry Chamber of Commerce
28. Dorota Wojtczak – Marketing Director, Live Age
29. Łukasz Załuski – Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Polska
30. Tomasz Zganiacz – CFO / Vice President, Levann

The Business Council is chaired by Bartłomiej Szmajdziński, Director HR Region EE, Essendi Poland.

The tasks of the Business Council include in particular:

• Consultancy in the evaluation of educational programs of higher education, post-graduate studies and training courses,
• Organisation and co-organization of short forms of teaching which provide a possibility of gaining qualifications in-demand on the labour market, including postgraduate studies and training courses,
• Acquisition of strategic, business and the media partners for each speciality carried out at the Vistula School of Hospitality,
• The organisation of internships for students of the Vistula School of Hospitality,
• Awarding prizes for the best thesis or research report,
• Commissioning research topics and providing support in the implementation of research projects of the Vistula School of Hospitality,
• Providing organisational and scientific support in the organisation of conferences and seminars as well as scientific publications of the Vistula School of Hospitality,
• Promoting the transfer of knowledge between the Vistula School of Hospitality and the socio-economic environment, including enterprises, state organisations and local governments and research institutions,
• Developing platforms for the exchange of academic and business opinions,
• Initiating new forms of cooperation between members of the Council and the Vistula School of Hospitality.