Hanneke Assen – författare

Focuses on the future of Design-Based Learning in hospitality education, delivering theoretical depth and practical utilityThis book presents insights and lessons learned from implementing Design-Based Learning (DBL) within hospitality management education. It offers a practical guide on how to design and implement DBL in educational practice, while supporting meaningful collaboration between education and the hospitality industry. Including perspectives from students, educators and industry practitioners, the chapters highlight DBL in action across the full curriculum from first first-year bachelor to the master’s level using real-life design challenges as the foundation for learning, designing and research. By sharing collective experiences from a university applying DBL across its entire hospitality programme, the book provides a unique, hands-on exploration of how DBL can shape the future of hospitality education.

First book to focus on the future of hotels in a detailed, comprehensive and multidimensional way.This book adopts a timeline approach to explore the future of hotels to 2050 through the lens of hospitality, design, education, workforce dynamics, disruption, innovation, technology and sustainability. It examines how these interconnected domains will shape guest experiences and operational models in the decades ahead.Drawing on insights, led by the Professors of the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, the research highlights the importance of strategic foresight and interdisciplinary collaboration in navigating emerging challenges. By integrating academic perspectives and industry trends, the work contributes to a deeper understanding of how hotels can evolve into adaptive, resilient and guest-centric environments.