HORNETS ABROAD!! Make this Year Count! Join the Business Field Trip to Germany & Italy: SUMMER 2023

Munich
4 days, 4 nights

• City Tour of Munich: Step into Munich’s Old Town. Admire architectural wonders like the Old Town Hall, St Peter’s Church and the Munich Residenz. Stroll through the lively Viktualienmarkt and see the world-famous beer hall Hofbräuhaus. (No entrance included)
• Munich Guided Bike Tour: Bike Tour covers the majority of Munich’s sightseeing highlights, including about a third of the English Garden and a nice stretch along the Isar River where we see one of Munich’s most popular beaches as well as the beautiful Peace angel monument. The Maximilianeum (the Bavarian Parliament building), the Volksbad, the Lukas Kirche and the Deutsches Museum.
• BMW museum: The BMW Museum brings the BMW brand to life in its exhibition architecture and design: innovation, dynamics, aesthetics and exclusivity set the direction for planning for architecture and new media. Analogous to the brand, which sets standards in terms of technology and design, the BMW Museum is breaking new ground in terms of contemporary architecture in the historical inventory and in the use of communicative media. (entrance included)
• Innovation Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Technologies : A typical company visit is a 90-minute to 2-hour session with a member of leadership including a presentation, discussion, Q&A session, and facility tour (when feasible). Speakers and companies are selected based on your academic goals, course objectives, and delegation level, in order to curate the best student experience with industry experts. Formats vary by organization and range from formal boardroom discussions to candid conversations in a collaborative space.

Venice
4 days, 4 nights

• Walking Tour of Venice: Walking tour with English speaking guide including St. Marco Basilica and the Bridge of Sighs as well as Doge Palace. (Entrance & whispers included to St. Marco Basilica -Skip the queue- and Doge Palace)
• Murano and Burano Tour: Enjoy a full day of cultural visits including a Visit of Murano (glass blowing exhibit free of charge) and Burano. In Burano you will visit some Lace shops situated in little street called ”Calli” where you could see also some old women who work the laces in the traditionally way (no entrances included/applicable).
• Microlending: Financial Innovation in a Peer-to-Peer Economy: A typical company visit is a 90-minute to 2-hour session with a member of leadership including a presentation, discussion, Q&A session, and facility tour (when feasible). Speakers and companies are selected based on your academic goals, course objectives, and delegation level, in order to curate the best student experience with industry experts. Formats vary by organization and range from formal boardroom discussions to candid conversations in a collaborative space.
• Guggenheim Museum: The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is among the most important museums in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim’s former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. The museum presents Peggy Guggenheim’s personal collection, masterpieces from the Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof collection, a sculpture garden as well as temporary exhibitions. (entrance and whisperers included).
• Strategy Challenge: In a Strategy Challenge, students experience the challenges industry leaders face daily in a safe, no-risk environment. This session provides students with a hands-on experience while fostering teambuilding and leadership skills. Student teams will be presented a business challenge facing cross-functional business teams in international operations and work towards the best solution during a brainstorming session. After pitching group solutions to the host company, each group will receive feedback on the feasibility of their suggestions.
• Galleriedell’Accademia: The Gallerie dell’Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice (entrance & whisperers included).  

Milan
3 days, 3 nights

• Valpolicella vineyards: Enjoy a guided tour and tasting at Valpolicella vineyards en-route from Venice to Milan.
• Milan Cultural Tour: See the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and visit the famous Duomo – the largest and most complex Gothic building in Italy, made of pink-veined white marble from the Candoglia quarries. It is 157 metres in length and covers an area of 11,700 m2. Visit to Vittorio Emanuele Gallery and stroll along Via Montenapoleone in the city’s fashion district. Stop at Castello Sforzesco to learn about its history (entrance to Duomo and whisperers included).
• Digitization and New Technologies in Italy’s Manufacturing Sector: A typical company visit is a 90-minute to 2-hour session with a member of leadership including a presentation, discussion, Q&A session, and facility tour (when feasible). Speakers and companies are selected based on your academic goals, course objectives, and delegation level, in order to curate the best student experience with industry experts. Formats vary by organization and range from formal boardroom discussions to candid conversations in a collaborative space.

Rome (OPTIONAL) 
2 days, 2 nights

• Walking Tour of Historical City Centre: See some of the most beautiful architecture, fountains and squares in Rome; stroll along cobbled laneways, and admire famous attractions including Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain, Piazza navona, Pantheon and Spanish steps (no entrance included/applicable) 
• Colosseum & Roman Forum Tour: This tour is a perfect introduction to the most famous Imperial Rome’s attractions to whom is coming to Rome for the first time: Colosseum (inside), Constantine Arch, Roman Forum and Capitol Hill. Walking through the centuries on the same footsteps of the Caesars, you’ll start from the majestic Colosseum, during the centuries interpreted as the allegory of the Imperial Rome. After visiting the Colosseum you’ll take a pleasant stroll to the valley of the Roman Forum, pulsing heart of the Roman Empire, where, walking along the “”Sacred Way”” used for triumphal processions, you’ll explore temples, basilicas, commemorative arches before getting the Capitol hill where you will complete our Ancient Rome basic tour with a breathtaking panoramic view over the Roman Forum and the Eternal City (entrances to Colosseum and Roman Forum and whisperers included) 
• Vatican City Tour:Enjoy a guided tour of the world-renown Vatican Museums, which contain masterpieces of painting, sculpture and other works of art collected by the popes through the centuries. The various collections display over 20,000 works! Take a moment to appreciate one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world–the magnificent Sistine Chapel. This ceiling fresco painted by Michelangelo is centred around several scenes from the Old Testament. Finally conclude the tour by admiring the magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica, foundation of the Roman Catholic Church (Entrance to Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Included. Free admission to St Peter’s Basilica, compulsory whisperers included).