hospitality experience
IHG Partners With JA Worldwide to Help Young People Build Skills and Experience in Hospitality
IHG | September 26, 2019
Announced ahead of UN World Tourism Day, partnership highlights opportunities available to young people in the tourism industry IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has today announced a global partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide, one of the world’s largest youth-serving NGOs, which focuses on preparing young people for future employment and entrepreneurship. The year-long partnership will support more than 750 young people as they gain skills and experience in hospitality in nine major markets around the world, including the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, UAE, Japa...
Hotels: Are you a Clunker or a Sports Car?
Stephan Wiesener | July 26, 2018
By Stephan Wiesener "The most successful technological innovation should feel so natural to the user that it's almost completely invisible. We only notice things when the user experience is awkward or clunky, or when it simply doesn't work." Otto Berkes, CTO CA Technologies This quote is more than two years old, and yet, the hospitality experience still feels clunky, both for hotel staff, as well as for guests. Just think of the check-in experience at most hotels: the front desk staff must ask the guest key details (name, etc.), look up the reservation, make sure the guest has the right room assignment and that the roo...