Videos – Top Job Hunting Tips to beat the Recession

Recession got you down? Hunting for a job? Then these tips should be just what the doctor ordered. The YoungHotelier.com and Hot Hoteliers team sit down with Craig Cochran and Alex Rawson from Movenpick for a healthy dose of real-world wisdom. The first video offers some great advice on hunting for a job during the current economic downturn – some basic pointers that we may tend to forget when times get tough! Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nrvrGH-3Ho Time:... Read More

Hotel Jobs – A Newbies Journey to moving and working in Dubai

Opportunities available in the fastest growing and most exciting region of the world Dubai That’s what I read about four months ago in my universities career office and right about now was when I should have been starting to pack. My name is Sean Griffiths and I’m 20 years old, I live in Melbourne, Australia, I am currently studying hospitality and tourism, working part time as a hotel receptionist and night manager and my experience has successfully... Read More

Top 10 Tips for relocating to Dubai for a Hotel Job

We catch up with Craig Cochran, who is the Director of Human Resources for Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts, Middle East and Asia and obtain 10 valuable tips every hotelier must consider when moving to Dubai for a hotel industry job. The tips are quite simple yet often overlooked by budding hoteliers. Seasoned professionals will also find the run-through a good refresher on the checklist to go through before that big move! Watch the short version: ... Read More

Video Interview with Craig Cochran, Hotel Director of HR for Middle East and Asia

YoungHotelier.com pops over to the Corporate office of Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts to touch base with Craig Cochran, who is the Director of Human Resources for Middle East and Asia. We quiz Craig about the milestones on his journey so far, what he thinks about the recruitement & retention crisis in the hospitality industry and gather a few pearls of wisdom from his long and distinguished career in Hospitality HR.  Read More

Hotelier Idol Exposé: The hidden hotel industry casting crisis takes centre-stage!

Hotelier Idol points the spotlight at the robust hotel development pipeline and the underlying challenges presented in terms of recruitment, training and retention. Case Study: The United Arab Emirates, specifically Dubai and Abu Dhabi If one was to look at the global inventory in the pipelines and view it as a “city state” Dubai has officially the largest Construction Pipeline of any other Metropolitan area in the entire world, even greater... Read More

Welcome to YoungHotelier.com – Concept Video

A warm welcome to all “Young” Hoteliers and Hospitality professionals! We are happy to introduce www.younghotelier.com, a platform geared towards showcasing the industry and more importantly, the people that define it! Our Vision: We want to be a home to young hoteliers everywhere! Our Core Values and Mission: Connect: Help young hoteliers connect socially, professionally & emotionally Learn and Grow: Nurture potential and the need... Read More