Swiss Lions rankings | 2026 edition
EHL
EHL is No. 1 in the Hospitality & Education ranking, with a score of 32.2 out of 100. It is not among the Swiss Lions 100 for 2026. Headquarters: Lausanne, canton of Vaud.
- Swiss Lions score
- 32.2
- Swiss Lions 100
- Not in the 100 for 2026
About
Lausanne-based hospitality management education group, founded in 1893 as the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, with campuses in Lausanne, Chur-Passugg and Singapore and about 4,000 students.
EHL Group provides hospitality management and business education, from vocational training and apprenticeships to bachelor's and master's degrees and executive education, and also offers consulting and certification services to the hospitality industry. Its main institution, EHL Hospitality Business School, was founded in Lausanne in 1893 as the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and took its current name in 2022. The group also runs the EHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality in Chur-Passugg and a campus in Singapore opened in 2020. It has about 4,000 students from more than 120 nationalities and an alumni community of about 30,000. The Lausanne campus restaurant, Le Berceau des Sens, holds a Michelin star.
- EHL Hospitality Business School (bachelor's and master's degrees)
- EHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality, Passugg
- Executive and online education
- Hospitality consulting
- Certification services
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How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 152m e revenue.
Swiss value
Founded in Switzerland.
Global visibility
Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.
Impact
No current SBTi target. Certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
Foundation-owned: Fondation de l'Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, EHL.
Impact and philanthropy together make up the impact measure. How the ranking works.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 152m e2022, estimate
Not listed on a stock exchange, so profit, dividends and employee numbers are not published in a comparable form.
We have not found a published figure for employees in Switzerland for 2025 or 2026, and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published, so neither is shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- LausanneCanton of Vaud
- Language region
- French-speaking
- Category
- Hospitality & Education
- Ownership
- Foundation-ownedFondation EHL
- Charitable foundation
- Fondation de l'Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, EHLOwns the company
- Chief executive
- Markus Venzin (until 31 December 2026; Achim Schmitt from 1 January 2027)Source
- Chair
- Carole AckermannSource
- Global reach
- Students from more than 120 nationalities; campuses in Switzerland and SingaporeSource
- Founded
- 1893
In Switzerland
- Lausanne VDHeadquarters and EHL Hospitality Business School campus
- Chur-Passugg GREHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality
Milestones
- 1893Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne founded by hotelier Jacques Tschumi with 27 students.
- 2013Hotel school in Passugg, Graubünden, joins EHL Group.
- 2020Singapore campus opens, the group's first in Asia-Pacific.
- 2022New CHF 250 million Lausanne campus opens; school renamed EHL Hospitality Business School.
- 2026Achim Schmitt named CEO from 2027, succeeding Markus Venzin.
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Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: Luxury Tribune, April 2023 (2022).
- Company profile, sites, history and milestones: news.ehlgroup.com, ehl.edu, greatplacetowork.ch.
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.
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