Cairo for Investment and Real Estate Development’s (CIRA) Badr University signed yesterday a partnership agreement with Switzerland’s Business and Hotel Management School (BHMS) to offer hospitality management training and degrees at the university, according to an emailed statement (pdf). The partnership will see Badr introducing a 3-year Bachelor’s degree and a 1-year professional diploma in hotel and tourism management this September, with later plans to introduce a Master’s degree. The agreement also includes opening a hospitality academy next year, and BHMS will help provide hospitality training at Badr’s planned Assiut campus in 2021.