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EHL student and Young Hospitality Summit president Ilona Guérin argues Gen Z hoteliers are driven and passionate, but warns formalising "generation translator" roles would widen, not bridge, the gap. Simone Puorto and Ilona Guérin (right) Photo by Hospitality Net This Interview is part of the EHL HumanX Summit 2026 Rewind thematics campaign.
Ilona is a final-year Bachelor student in International Hospitality Management at EHL Hospitality Business School and currently serves as President of the Young Hospitality Summit, the world’s largest student-led hospitality summit, where she leads a 35-member team and oversees strategic partnerships and event execution.
In 2010, five students from the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne founded a small committee with a great purpose: to bring together established professionals and aspiring leaders of the hospitality industry to share ideas and knowledge which would accelerate progress in the industry. Since then, YHS has established itself as the largest student-run hospitality summit in the world.
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