48 students are registered to participate in a 12-month compulsory internship abroad (according to this school’s curriculum) – period of this project: 2014 - 2015. As our students are trained in modern languages, we have chosen the following countries for the internship: Italy, Slovenia, France, Malta, Ireland, Spain and Great Britain. Our students will be trained in theory (language skills) and in practice beforehand. Additionally, they will be supported by the Erasmus+ team (contact via facebook) during the internship. After the internship an evaluation will be carried out by the partner hotel. Means of evaluation will be the ECVET – form and the Learning Agreement. Students are encouraged to gain further practical knowledge and skills in hotel industry which have already been provided in theory in order to be well-prepared for their future working life. Therefore our students should be given the possibility to work in fields like: restaurant, reception, bar, administration, room service, concierge, seminar and conference area. Besides improving their practical skills, our trainees should strengthen their social skills and their self-confidence (personal capabilities), which means that responsibility, independency, self-confidence, ability to work on their own, team spirit, ability to listen, friendliness, ability to communicate with their superiors, colleagues and guests. Moreover, our students should encounter the differences of various cultures and traditions and their characteristics to develop an open-minded tolerance. Another important aim is to improve language skills. Students should be able to use their acquired language skills in order to broaden their communication skills in daily work life. Furthermore, we would like to stress that the sense of belonging to the European Union should be created and increased to make the EU be realized as a chance for personal and professional development. Employing foreign students in their hotels, people show interest in different nationalities and also in the willingness to train and support the young. This will be documented by using the following tools: Letter of Intent, Learning Agreement, Personal Transcript, Europass and ECVET. The hotel is not only a working but also learning place. We are primarily looking for hotels in the 4 or 5 stars category to ensure a high standard not only concerning the working but also the learning conditions. In cooperation with the Erasmus+ Team the students work out tasks of the Learning Agreement and the results will be discussed. Teachers will visit their students at their hotels to deepen the personal contact and to assure the quality of the internship. For school, this project is evidence of a professionally grounded education, which will finally be documented by annual reports, parents’ evening, Leonardo da Vinci Day, personal diary entries of the participants as well as broadcasts in the media (local TV, newspapers, websites). The aspired project goals are assured by a professional quality management team (G. Malle, B. Potz, M. Schwarz) and teachers working in the fields of economy and modern languages. For the first time, ECVET elements will be used to emphasize comparison and sustainability of the project. Using these new tools, the cooperation with the hotels will be intensified. That’s why increased action of the accompanying teachers will be necessary especially at the beginning. Apart from the EU aspect, long-term impacts on the participant, school site and the Austrian educational system are stressed. Our participants will be able to profit from their work experience in the long run, school site will face an enhancement of the public image and finally, it has to be mentioned that these projects are vital for the Austrian educational system to broaden the horizon of the participants in order to appreciate the importance of the EU.