Meet Matteo Emanuele Moiani, F&B Practical Arts Lecturer at the Asian Institute of Hospitality & Management.
An ocean breeze cools the shore on a warm Italian summer night. Just half an hour outside Rome, in the exclusive beach resort of Fregene—known as the region’s “Beverly Hills”—an elegant seaside club starts buzzing. This story follows a real hospitality career journey, from managing VIP dining experiences in Italy to shaping future hospitality professionals in Bangkok. The VIPs begin to arrive. Tonight’s guests include a few celebrities. Other tables have been reserved by regulars who come time and again to celebrate.
Attracted by the club’s carefully managed atmosphere, the guests are in love with the dream-worthy cuisine, the perfectly executed cocktails. The venue’s polished manager Matteo Emanuele Moiani makes his rounds, stops to inspire each team and remind them which tasks to stay on top of tonight.
Matteo knows each of his 40 team members well, having hired many of them, trained them, collaborated with them to design menus, to launch new service processes, to identify ways to boost revenue and upsell while maintaining the high levels of customer experience their clientele have come to expect visit after visit.
Matteo Emanuele Moiani – F&B Practical Arts Lecturer
AIHM’s hospitality management students learn from industry veterans. Over the course of their Bachelor degree studies, AIHM’s young professionals learn what it takes to build, run and expand hospitality enterprises. In their first semesters, they tackle operations. They learn the fundamentals of each hotel department. As they proceed, they dive more into strategy, revenue management, team development, entrepreneurship and advanced leadership specialities.
AIHM’s newest lecturer Matteo Emanuele Moiani has the joy of welcoming new AIHM BBA students for their very first days on campus. A campus set, by the way, in an operating luxury hotel. Following the classic Swiss hotel school approach, their first semester is devoted to the Practical Arts, to learning the core skills and challenges faced in each major hotel department. One day these young professionals will be managing these departments or entire hotels. This early intro to the industry serves as a critical foundation for understanding what each hotel employee deals with in daily operations.
As Matteo trains the young professionals in F&B operations, he shares his insights from years as an F&B manager at places like the exclusive beach club above, as well as his time as a hospitality educator in Europe and Asia.
What kinds of lessons can Matteo’s students look forward to? What skills will they learn from him? Read on to find out now.
Q&A with Matteo Emanuele Moiani
Why do you teach?
I teach because I believe hospitality is not only a profession, but a way of thinking and caring for others. After many years in operations, I felt a strong desire to pass on what I learned through experience, standards, discipline, but also passion and mindset.
Teaching allows me to help students grow in confidence, develop practical skills, and discover their own potential. What motivates me most is seeing students evolve and knowing I can contribute to their future.
What essential skills or attributes do you believe are crucial for students to succeed in the hospitality sector today?
I always come back to four qualities: discipline, adaptability, attitude, and empathy. Technical skills can be taught, but mindset makes the difference.
Hospitality moves fast, so students need resilience, attention to detail, communication skills, and a genuine mindset. I also believe curiosity and continuous learning are essential, because the hospitality industry keeps evolving.
What inspires you both professionally and personally?
Professionally, I’m inspired by growth, seeing people develop skills, confidence, and purpose. In hospitality, I’ve always been inspired by excellence, by those environments where standards, teamwork, and genuine care come together.
Personally, I’m inspired by the idea of continuous improvement, of always learning and becoming better than yesterday. I find inspiration in people who lead by example and in helping others move forward.
If you could share any piece of wisdom with your students, what would it be?
I would tell them: Build strong foundations, take pride in the details, and always keep learning.
In hospitality, excellence is often created through consistency in small actions. Respect the craft, stay humble enough to learn, and bring passion into what you do every day. Those habits will carry you far in this industry.
How do you ensure your curriculum remains relevant with real-world industry challenges and solutions?
I try to connect teaching as much as possible with what happens in real operations. I bring practical examples, industry scenarios, and current challenges into the classroom so students can relate theory to reality.
I also believe hospitality education should prepare students not only for technical tasks, but for problem-solving, teamwork, and adapting to real service environments.
Staying connected with industry trends and continuously refining what and how I teach helps keep the curriculum relevant.
Could you give us four adjectives you would use to describe your teaching style? How did you develop this style?
I would describe my teaching style as practical, supportive, structured, and engaging.
Practical
because I believe students learn by doing.
Supportive
because growth happens when students feel guided and encouraged.
Structured
because standards and organisation are essential in hospitality.
Engaging
because learning should be active, not passive.
I developed this style through years in operations, leadership, and training, understanding that effective teaching needs both discipline and approachability.
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