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Hospitality Assured, the service and business excellence standard owned and developed by the Institute of Hospitality, has re-launched today 4th November with a new, more flexible approach to accreditation.
Elsewhere in the November E-Newsletter, you can download and read the BHA's new report "Creating jobs in Britain - A Hospitality Economy Proposition", learn about the latest activity of the Institute of Hospitality in Lagos, Nigeria, and see how you can participate in Springboard's excellent UK campaign to tackle the housekeeping recruitment crisis.
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2011 HRS Hotel Excellence Awards
Now in their fourth year the HRS Hotel Excellence Awards recognise the fantastic work hotels are doing across the UK and Ireland. Whether you have 10 rooms or 250 the HRS awards recognise achievement in hotels small and large, with separate awards for both independent and group hotels. Tell us how you created a new opportunity for your hotel and you could become the winner of a prestigious HRS Hotel Excellence Award. All you need to do is tell us about your success stories... Read More>>We hope you find eNews interesting and informative. If you have any comments or ideas for articles, please share them with us by emailing: news@instituteofhospitality.org. Best wishes,
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 New Hospitality Assured Standard Launched
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Hospitality Assured, the service and business excellence standard owned and developed by the Institute of Hospitality, re-launched on 4 November with a new, more flexible approach to accreditation.
The business benefits of the Hospitality Assured programme are recognised across the world. In recent months, it has been adopted by the entire estate of Thistle Hotels in the UK. Through PRO INVEST, its international investment fund, the European Union recognises its power and is funding the Hospitality Assured Standard in tourism businesses across the Caribbean. In Qatar, the HAMAD Medical Corporation is putting its hospitality services based in all major hospitals through the assessment.
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BHA Report
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| BHA Report: Creating Jobs in Britain - A Hospitality Economy Proposition | |
The British Hospitality Association says that the UK hospitality industry, which currently employs over 2.4m people, has the potential to generate a further 236,000 jobs by 2015 in a report published last month
But introducing its report "Creating jobs in Britain - A Hospitality Economy Proposition" at a reception at the House of Commons last month, Chief Executive Ufi Ibrahim FIH said that global competition represented a real threat to British hospitality and tourism.
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Training in Lagos
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IOH Promotes Training in Lagos, Nigeria
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Nigeria-based members of the Institute of Hospitality, and their guests, attended a seminar last month at the Westown Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The event was hosted by Senator Tokunbo ("Toks") Afikuyomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism and Trevor Ward FIH, the Institute's Lagos-based Ambassador for Africa.
Delegates heard from two speakers: Peter Pedersen, the General Manager for the InterContinental Hotel Lagos, and Belinda Nwosu MIH, Lecturer at Wavecrest College of Hospitality in Lagos.
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Other Stories
Springboard Campaign Tackles Housekeeping Recruitment Crisis
Want to put some of the old stereotypes about working in Housekeeping to bed once and for all? Springboard, the UK charity that promotes careers in hospitality, leisure and tourism, has created an exciting new blueprint for a new careers campaign to shape Housekeeping and Accommodation Management and help attract the next generation of talented professionals.... Read More>>
The Future of Hotel Revenue Management
A survey of nearly 500 revenue management professionals published by Cornell University forecasts that the application of revenue management (RM) will become more strategic and will be supported by increasingly sophisticated technology as it includes more of hotels' income streams. The Cornell University research says RM will likely be applied to function space, and may also include such revenue streams as spas, restaurants, and golf courses. ...Read More>>Mentoring & CPD Seminars for the Female Leaders of Tomorrow
People 1st has secured government subsidy for the second round of Women 1st - Leadership Network which supports the industry's outstanding female junior managers and supervisors through a combination of CPD seminars and mentoring. The programme, run in conjunction with the mentoring specialist Shine P&P, is worth £1,000 but the cost to the individual or the employer is just £100. ...Read More>>PolyU to Host Executive Development Programme in Hospitality 2011 Hong Kong PolyU Winter School
The Hong Kong PolyU Winter School is an annual programme developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) to cater to the needs of senior managers in the hospitality industry. Co-organised by the SHTM and the Hong Kong Hotels Association, and sponsored by the Pacific Asia Travel Association, the Royal Garden and the Institute of Hospitality, the 2011 programme will be held from 17 to 29 January on the PolyU campus....Read More>>
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IoH at World Travel Market 2010
Date: 8th - 11th November 2010 Venue: ExCeL, London
The IoH is hosting this year's Hotel Professional Development programme at World Travel Market with seminars running on Tuesday 9th November and Wednesday 10th November.
With a number of high profile speakers and relevant and interesting topics, the seminars are
expected to be a success.
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Equip'Hotel Paris
Institute Members are Invited to Paris. Click here for free entry to Equip Hotel 14-18 November 2010. The international key event for hotel and catering professionals.
Catering in the Public Sector
Date: 17 November 2010 Venue: Barbican Conference Centre, Silk, Street, EC2Y 8DS Pre-election, the Conservatives supported the push to buy British, and this strong drive towards local procurement is likely to be important. Procuring collaboratively can save money
SIA GUEST
SIA GUEST, an international Hospitality Exhibition, takes place from 20 to 23 November 2010 in Rimini, Italy.
Annual Hotel Conference 2010 Ufi Ibrahim FIH, chief executive officer of the British Hospitality Association and Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council will be speaking at this year's Annual Hotel Conference, which takes place on 23 November at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate
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Arena Christmas Lunch
Date: Monday 6 December 2010 Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, London
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