Shannon College of Hotel Management - The Louis Latour Prize

The Louis Latour Prize

You win a trip to Maison Louis Latour in Beaune, a wine house in the Burgundy region of France. Past winners toured the cooperage (where oak barrels are made) and the underground wine caves, tasted around 18 wines, and shared meals with the company's representatives. This is an experience, not a cash award. Maison Louis Latour sponsors the prize and hands it out each year at the Shannon College graduation ceremony. It honours Alec Slefer, a Shannon College lecturer in oenology (the study of wine) who died in 1991.

Who can apply

• Where you study: You are a graduate of Shannon College of Hotel Management, which is now part of the University of Galway and is situated at Shannon Airport in County Clare, Ireland.
• Field of study: You are studying hotel management (for example, the BBS or BComm in International Hotel Management).
• Performance: You have the best hospitality results in your graduating class, with especially strong knowledge of wine.
• Nationality: Any nationality can apply.

How to apply

You do not apply. The prize goes automatically to the graduating student with the best wine and hospitality results, and is presented at the annual graduation ceremony.