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Have you heard of the Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) e-toolkit? Itʼs a product of the World Tourism Organisation and its associates. The toolkit is an initiative designed to help hoteliers work out the carbon footprints of their hotels and create strategies to achieve the dual goal of becoming more environmentally friendly and saving money on power.
Who doesnʼt like to save money and save the world? Talk about killing two birds with one stone…
The dreaded CV… Doing your CV can be an overwhelming experience! How long should it be? Must you include your school marks? What font should you use? Whatʼs the purpose of a CV?
There are endless questions and opinions on the subject of CVs. What is a curriculum vitae actually, and how do you make yours stand out from all the rest?
Itʼs that time of year. People gather together around radios, TVs and computer screens with anticipation, expectation and trepidation. For what, exactly? The State of the Nation address! The presidentʼs assessment of South Africaʼs affairs and his promises for the year to come. It makes you wonder … whatʼs the state of the nation in the hotel and hospitality industry?
2011 will go down as one of the most difficult years ever for the global economy. South Africa as an economy has been fairly strong under the circumstances, but because of the global downturn in many of our tourism partner countries we have felt the dramatic drop in in-bound (overseas) tourists to this country. This [...]
Hi there! This is my first post from the other side of the world! All the way from South Africa, I am now officially in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and this is the first time Iʼve ever stepped foot (let alone flown my whole body) across the world… Where it all began Last year, with the [...]
Alan Lester currently holds the title of Managing Principal of The International Hotel School’s Cape Town campus, a position that he filled in June 2011…
It’s that time of year again – you’ve got the whole work year laid out before you, and the only thing that can get you through is the light at the end of the tunnel – a holiday! So what are the hot and happening travel destinations in 2012? Check it out… London From June [...]
Wine is a huge industry in South Africa and a good wine list can have a huge impact on a restaurantʼs clientele. Weʼve been reading a lot about sommeliers of late, and thought weʼd share some interesting tidbits about life as a sommelier from some big names in the global hospitality industry. To start with, [...]
Admit it – when you think of a butler, you think of Alfred from Batman – an old English guy dressed to the nines, serving the créme de la créme of society…
