Institute of Hospitality Insight September Issue

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Welcome to your September edition of insight, where you can access new online tools to help you manage and plan your personal finances as well as the energy consumption of your hotel.  Plus the Institute is proud to unveil its impressive programme of seminars at this year's World Travel Market.  See full details below.

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BTEC QCF Standards Verifier job vacancies

 

Edexcel is looking to recruit BTEC practitioners to train as QCF Standards Verifiers in the hospitality service sector.

  

   

Institute Membership

 

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 Other Events

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The search is now on for the Apprenticeship Stars of Hospitality 2011!  

 

Springboard Excellence 2011 Have you got what it takes?  

 

 

Branch Events 2011

 

IoH London

 

Aspiring Managers' Awards

 

Friday 28 October 2011 at

The Four Seasons, Park Lane

 

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Branch Events

 

Professional Development and social events in your area >>

 

 Make it Cheaper 

Make It Cheaper is offering a price comparison and switching service for gas, electricity and telecoms for our members and guarantees the best rates. 

  

Hospitality Assured  

 

 The standard for service and business excellence  

  

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How to source sustainable furniture, fixtures and fittings for hotels - useful free guide here: http://bit.ly/op4rcQ 

 

Useful tips and discussion here on how to lead a kitchen team: http://bit.ly/qNMYvj 

 

H&S website for SMEs that is EZ-2-use. UK companies, but particularly SMEs, will appreciate Health&Safety Made Simple http://bit.ly/g2gX4s  

 

 

Is your hospitality business not online yet? This article takes you through the first basic steps: http://bit.ly/nw3DHK  

 

Hospitality employers: free e-learning online courses to refresh your knowledge on employment issues:  http://bit.ly/cb0WOL    



Institute of Hospitality hosts WTM Hotel Programme

 

The Institute of Hospitality has organised an outstanding line-up of panelists and seminars for this year's World Travel Market (8 - 9 November 2011)...more>>     

UNTWO online energy reduction toolkit

The Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) e-toolkit, launched by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and partners last week, includes a ROI calculator for green investments...more >>

Financial life plan template

 

Life Academy, a charity that helps people manage life changes and retirement, has made a financial life plan template  available that can be adapted to suit everyone, irrespective of wealth or background...more>>  

Discrimination - age and retirement

It is destined to be one of the last cases of its kind. Refusal of a request by a kitchen porter to carry on working beyond 65 ended in a £16,000 compensation award for unfair dismissal...more>>
Sri Lanka mission


British Expertise, in association with the Institute of Hospitality and the Tourism Society, is organising a services and expertise mission to Sri Lanka on 27-29 October 2011...more>>  

Cut VAT to 5% for hospitality industry

 

The e-petition is open until August 2012. Currently nearly 3,000 people have signed it.  If it gets more than 100,000 signatures then the petition is eligible for debate in the House of Commons...more>>     

PATA Rapid Recovery Task Force

 

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has created the PATA Rapid Recovery Task Force to be activated in times of tourism crisis - such as tsunami, bomb blasts and disease outbreak...more>>     

John Perry FIH MI 1928 - 2011

 

John Perry, a Fellow of the Institute since 1967, died peacefully in his home town of Torquay on 15 August...more >>  



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