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  • Video: Hotel School Students raise awareness about Food Wastage

    Here’s a video sent to us by IMI Luzern hotel management school students, who are trying to raise awareness about food wastage. Video Description: Students from IMI University Centre in Switzerland take the initiative and launch the “Food Wasted Campaign 2010″. Get involved and follow the movement: “I will finish my food today” There are [...]

  • Video – My Hotel Career – A Google Search Story

    Google recently launched a nifty little tool to create your own ‘Google Search Story’, following on to the popular response to their Superbowl ad (Parisian Love). While our little ‘hotel career’ search story pales in comparison to the original hit that started all this off, we were pleased with the results, nonetheless. Check out the [...]

  • Dead Sea, Jordan – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Dead Sea, Jordan: About the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea: Set on the northern shores of the Dead Sea at the lowest [...]

  • Aqaba, Jordan – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Aqaba, Jordan: About the Mövenpick Resort & Residence: Located in the centre of Aqaba, overlooking the Red Sea, the Mövenpick Resort & [...]

  • Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia: About the Mövenpick Hotel Al Khobar: Mövenpick Hotel Al Khobar is located in the heart of the business [...]

  • Doha, Qatar – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Doha, Qatar: About Movenpick Hotel Doha: A modern low-rise boutique hotel perfectly situated for business and leisure travellers at two minutes’ walking [...]

  • Manama, Bahrain – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Manama, Bahrain: About Movenpick Hotel Bahrain: Ideally situated close to Bahrain International Airport, this 106-room boutique hotel benefits from the most modern [...]

  • Beirut Lebanon – Hotelier RoadTrip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Beirut, Lebanon: About Movenpick Hotel Bur Dubai: The only city centre hotel with resort facilities located directly on the Mediterranean and in [...]

  • The Funniest Hotel Videos and Commercials

    It’s a pity that with all those funny home videos out there, you rarely see funny “hotel videos”…but there’s no shortage of really great commercials from the hotel and travel industry. While some of these are the result of pure viral engineering, some others do strike an honest and authentic note. Watch…and enjoy! So Relaxed: A [...]

  • Dubai – Hotelier Road Trip Middle East 2009

    YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East.  We’ve done quite a few videos with Movenpick in the past, notably the tips and interviews with Elaine Nettleton, Craig Cochran and Alex Rawson. When Movenpick first approached us with the idea, we [...]

Budget Marketing Tactics

By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d Hotels and lodging companies are facing a difficult reality in today’s market. Even as the recession seems to be waning, revenues, occupancy and ADR are still down and the next 12 months are still looking hazy for the hotel industry. Budget cuts are still in effect and hotels don’t have money [...]

Exceeding Expectations – Every day, Every time – by Fritz Gubler

We kick off a new series of articles (an e-column!) by veteran hotelier and educator Fritz Gubler. Here is the first installment of the series, called “Exceeding Expectations – Every stay, Every day”. Hope you enjoy it – we look forward to your comments and feedback! Exceeding Expectations: Every Stay, Every Day As a long-time [...]

Hotel Public Relations – Five Tips to get more visibility for your hotel

We welcome our new columnist, Jennifer Rodrigues, who will be telling us all about Hotel Public Relations and sharing her insights, tips and experiences on YoungHotelier.com! By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d For many hotels — too many in my opinion — public relations gets relegated to the backburner or is treated as an afterthought. Hotels have [...]

Winners of the Young Hotelier Summer Competition

The YoungHotelier.com Summer Competition Winners! A big thank you to everyone who sent in their emails, comments and entries for the Great, Grand and Famous competition with YoungHotelier.com! We’ve chosen the following 3 entries to receive a copy of Fritz Gubler’s wonderful hospitality book: Winner: “Hotel openings are like planting a seed and watching it [...]

Hotel openings are like planting a seed and watching it grow

This story begins when I moved to Melbourne to work for the Radisson Flagstaff Gardens Hotel, a four and half star Hotel locate adjacent to the Queen Victoria Markets. I was working for a General Manager I had worked for previously in Adelaide. Not long into the contract the GM told me of an opportunity [...]

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