In the sleek, rain-slicked streets of Amsterdam, a new and unsettling demographic is becoming increasingly visible: the working homeless. It is a phenomenon that is no longer confined to the fringes of society. In the shadow of the Rijksmuseum and…
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Elizabeth Banks Begs Hotel Guests To Stop Flushing This
Before she hit it big in Charlie’s Angels and The Hunger Games, Elizabeth Banks was out here scrubbing toilets and yanking condoms out of drains.
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With the pandemic largely in the rearview mirror, the last twelve months have been about interest rates, less transactions, and wild presidential election cycles worldwide. The hotel industry will be impacted in significant ways as these issues…
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Grace Choy & A few thoughts on being a guest chef
I have a passion for Cantonese cuisine, and I want to share it with Japan. This is not an easy task, though, and I face an additional challenge — my restaurant is small and it can only accommodate four customers…
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Maritime Hotel staff shine at awards
STAFF members from The Maritime Hotel made a worthwhile road trip to Killarney recently for The Gleneagle Group’s employee awards…
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Institute of Hospitality London launch Aspiring Manager Award 2024
The Institute of Hospitality’s London Region has re-launched the Aspiring Manager’s Awards 2024 and is now in search of the UK’s rising hospitality management talent…
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Kate Actress' new bae, Michael Mwangi: From chef to managing multi-billion hotels
19 things you probably didn't know about Michael Mwangi who is reportedly dating Kate Actress…
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“That’s how you build something, it’s relationships,” said Grutman, an FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management professor and founder and owner of Groot Hospitality…
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Belgravia’s Gem: The Goring Hotel’s Social Impact Through the Hotel School
Located in the posh neighbourhood of Belgravia lies a hotel celebrated not only for its luxury but also for its royal connections — The Goring…
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HSMAI Perspective: Advancing Women in Hospitality
As we close another chapter and welcome the New Year, I reflect on HSMAI Foundation’s enduring commitment to our core tenets: attracting, developing, and engaging commercial talent in the hospitality industry…
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Decades of dedication: Karen Hall's 30-year journey at Glen Carbon
For decades, Karen Hall has been greeting Glen Carbon residents and visitors at Village Hall. Whether she’s helping answer questions at the front desk or answering the phone, “Aunt KK” is known throughout the village as the face of Glen Carbon…
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Entries open for 2024 Springboard Awards for Excellence
Entries are now open for the 2024 Springboard Awards for Excellence, which celebrate outstanding contributions to the hospitality industry. The 16 categories include Best Recruitment Initiative, Best Training Programme, and Disability Champion…
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Tysons-based Hilton named world’s best workplace in annual Fortune ranking
The best place to work in the world can be found right in Tysons, according to a new Fortune magazine ranking…
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Hotel chef who complained about 'unfair’ share of tips raised ‘important questions’, WRC finds
A hotel chef who complained over how his employer divided customer tips among staff has raised “important questions” over how new legislation governing the payment of tips and gratuities is being applied, according to the Workplace Relations…
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AHLA Foundation Receives Grant to Support Empowering Youth Program
WASHINGTON, D.C.—AHLA Foundation has received a $605,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support its Empowering Youth Program (EYP) over two years. The primary goal of EYP is to address the workforce shortage in the U.S…
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The successful Gold Service Scholarship 2024 semi-finalists named
he 40 food and beverage front-of-house professionals who have made it through to the semi-final of the 2024 Gold Service Scholarship have been revealed…
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Iron Horse Hotel's employees 'all stuck it out' during dispute that led to bankruptcy
The owner of Milwaukee's Iron Horse Hotel has settled a dispute that led the company to reorganize its finances under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…
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Domestic hotel industry will see the fastest outflow of skilled manpower: InterGlobe Hotels CEO
'That is an interesting trend that we are not talking (about),' says J.B. Singh. InterGlobe is better known as the parent company of India’s largest airline, Indigo…
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