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October 7, 2021

Hotel ICON Hong Kong - A test bed for hospitality innovation

If ever a hotel could lay claim to such a brave name - not to mention bold strapline - it would be one designed by Terence Conran, Rocco Yim, William Lim, Vivienne Tam, Barney Cheng and Patrick Blanc. It would also house one of the world's only integrated teaching facilities, with over 2,000 students, and it would be an unrivalled showcase for Hong Kong's culture. From the unequivocal brand statement – Unlike any other – to the sleek identity system and engaging guest items, Richard Hatter’s creative vision is very much in evidence at Hotel ICON. Starting from the ground upwards, Richard spent 24 months helping to strategise, design and build the ICON brand. Since its opening Hotel ICON has enjoyed considerable critical acclaim and business success.

bodw.com (Hong Kong Design Centre)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

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November 27, 2018

Tourism And Hospitality: Answering The Demand For Skilled Khmers

The rise in number of foreign tourists in the kingdom also means an increase in the number of job opportunities for Khmers. However, has this demand for skilled workers in the industry been met? A newly opened vocational training school in Phnom Penh tries to provide an answer, write Agnes Alpuerto and Say Tola.

KHMER TIMES

Cambodia

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November 26, 2018

The Tourism And Hospitality Industry Offers Careers For Future

Chefs, travel agents, gaming attendants and waiters will all be increasingly in demand in coming years as the construction and refurbishment of Adelaide hotels and tourist establishments shows no signs of slowing. Middle management workers will also be highly sought-after, with employers signalling their intentions to immediately ramp up hiring in the lead-up to Christmas, while further recruitment drives are expected to get underway from next year.

Perth Now

Australia

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November 1, 2018

Perceptions of the tourism and hospitality industry by Singapore Polytechnic hospitality students: An exploratory study

Many Singapore Polytechnic students under the hospitality programme are uninterested in joining the hospitality sector due to its semi-professional nature. The other reasons for not joining the sector include the over stressful and demanding job nature, long working hours, shift work, dealing with unpredictable circumstances in the job environment and having lower starting remuneration when set against other industries.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Singapore Campus

Singapore, Singapore

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August 21, 2018

Behind the scenes: what it’s like to work in Singapore hotels?

This month, the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) Open Hotels Weekend programme returned for a second run with registration numbers soaring 50 per cent.

TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd

Singapore, Singapore

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July 5, 2018

Dusit hospitality school wants to train future hotel owners - news.abs-cbn.com

Hoteliers in training can polish Filipino hospitality in five-star rooms and kitchens before they start their careers that are literally an elevator ride away at Dusit Hotel and Resorts' new school in the Philippines.

Dusit Hospitality Management College (DHMC)

Manila, Philippines

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May 15, 2018

Dusit to open hospitality management school in Manila, Plilipines-

THE options for young people and professionals to get quality learning in hospitality management got broader when the Thailand-based Dusit group announced recently the opening of its Dusit Hospitality Management College (DHMC) in August this year at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, which offers aspiring hoteliers and restaurateurs world-class education following a fully integrated approach.

Dusit Hospitality Management College (DHMC)

Manila, Philippines

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March 7, 2017

AccorHotels appoints first Indigenous General Manager in Australia | hotelmanagement.com.au

Coinciding with International Women’s Day (8 March), AccorHotels has announced it has appointed its first ever Indigenous General Manager, Kristy Stanton, who has become GM of ibis Budget Sydney Olympic Park. Officially announced at a special Elders breakfast at Harbour Rocks Hotel, MGallery by Sofitel, the appointment of Kristy also marks a milestone for AccorHotels Indigenous Employment Program, which reached over 500 employees nationally at the end of 2016.

hotelmanagement.com.au

Sydney, Australia

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November 12, 2015

Singapore Hoteliers Turn To Mentoring To Slow Labor Crisis | HotelsMag.com

Hoteliers in Singapore are making an unprecedented move in developing local talent – they are going out in force to mentor them. An Industry Mentorship Programme launched by the Singapore Hotel and Tourism & Education Centre (SHATEC), which is owned by the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA), sees 41 hoteliers at once putting their hands up to coach, groom and build a pipeline of talent for the industry through mentoring. Leading by example, most are general managers, departmental vice presidents, executive chefs, celebrity chefs and business owners. The program has also been able to reach an industrywide audience with a sprinkling of leaders from such companies as Google Asia-Pacific, Trafalgar Asia, Silversea Cruises, Suntec Singapore and Lo & Behold Group, which owns and runs upmarket restaurants.

HOTELS Magazine

Singapore

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May 6, 2015

Sydney’s future hospitality hopes on hold as storms force school to close for repairs | news.com.au

SYDNEY’S ferocious storms have forced the temporary closure of the new William Blue hospitality training campus in The Rocks. The launch of the on-site training restaurant, William Blue Dining scheduled to open next Tuesday, has also been postponed. The restaurant, inside Neil Perry’s former Rockpool in George St, was hit hard by the storms. “The building has been standing for 154 years and is no stranger to surviving Sydney’s occasionally inclement weather, however the damage is substantial and it will take several weeks to repair,” a spokesman says. Perry was in the heritage building for almost 25 years, before relocating to Bridge St. He was prompted to move because urgent repairs were required on the building.

News.com.au

Australia

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February 5, 2015

Study, work, travel a winning recipe for hospitality students | smh.com.au

A guest lecturer at The Hotel School Sydney recently told students his global hotel chain was thinking of hiring a "social media listener". When students asked what the job would entail, the manager admitted he didn't know what a 'listener' would do, "but we think we need one". In an industry that has guest service at its core, mastering social media is just one trend the hospitality and tourism sector is adapting to. In turn, colleges that prepare students for the industry adapt and tailor the training so that graduates are equipped for the future.

smh.com.au

Australia

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September 8, 2011

Back To School At Hong Kong's New Learning Hotel | huffingtonpost.com

This week, the nearly 2,000 faculty and students starting classes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel & Tourism Management (SHTM), are getting a whole new $100 million "lab" to play in. For the first time, courses have been redesigned to incorporate the school's brand-new Hotel ICON into students' learning experience. General Manager Richard Hatter explained that they didn't want to throw the usual lavish hotel grand opening party. Instead, in keeping with the mission of the hotel as an integral part of hospitality teaching and research, the ICON is celebrating with a Hospitality Design Conference on the 21st of this month.

huffingtonpost.com

Hong Kong (SAR)

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August 29, 2011

India: Shortage of management grads dogs hotel industry | mydigitalfc.com

If India’s domestic hotel industry adds the expected 10,000 plus room capacity in the next two to three years, it may face a severe shortage of skilled manpower. As compared with a potential demand of 60,000-70,000 skilled individuals in the next two to three years, only 15,000 hotel management graduates are expected to be available, said Manish Khanna, managing director and chief executive officer of UEI Global, a unit of Berggruen Holdings, USA. Hotel industry officials believe the situation will worsen, if not improve in the near future.

India

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September 9, 2009

A Career in Hospitality Seen Through the Eyes of an American Teacher and Her Chinese Students | pbs.org

I am entering my second week of teaching Special Event Management at the Florida International University Tianjin Center, a branch of the Florida International University (FIU) School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, in Tianjin, China. The school is a joint venture between the government of China and FIU and is training 1,000 students to become hospitality industry professionals in a country where tourism is booming.

pbs.org

China

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June 17, 2009

Kurt Wachtveitl | Chief of fabled hotel retires | AP

Charming a fuming Elizabeth Taylor, personally snipping a British duke's hair or catering to the refined palates of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge leaders. It was all in a day's work for Kurt Wachtveitl, as he looks back on 41 years running one of the world's fabled hotels, not with nostalgic tears but plenty of juicy tales and trenchant thoughts about how Bangkok's Oriental Hotel got to be so good. A legend himself among the international hotel fraternity, the 72-year-old Wachtveitl retires this month, having amassed awards for the five-star hotel along the Chao Phraya River as well as an endless roster of famous and rich, albeit not always agreeable, guests.

Associated Press

Bankok, Thailand

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