by Stephen Hickmore | Sep 17, 2018 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog
Opinion piece by Nick Martin – Hotel School graduate, serial hotel manager and hospitality educator. He is currently Director of the Swiss Hotel School, SA in Ferndale, Johannesburg What type of people are we attracting to the industry and what sort of future will we...
by Stephen Hickmore | Sep 10, 2018 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
With all the bad press on “labour Brokers” and “Temporary Employment Services, TES” it is no small wonder that we are feeling a little punch drunk from criticism and incorrect assumptions as to our place in the world. Of course, no-one wants to...
by Stephen Hickmore | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
By Stephen Hickmore – I hear the disappointment in a candidate’s voice when I tell them they didn’t get the job. The down side of being a recruiter is delivering the bad news. It’s understandable that negative information hurts and it’s natural to feel...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, News
I often wonder what Madiba would make of these turbulent times we live in now. When he passed away in 2013, at the age of 96, few of us had any idea how divided the world would be just a few years later. It’s a world in crisis: nearly 70 million people have been...
by admin | May 16, 2018 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
This article from www.ehotelier.com resonated with me this morning David Lund is The Hotel Financial Coach – I have a dream. My dream is that the numbers – the numbers that so many managers agonize over in our industry – are just as accessible as guest service...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News
The hospitality industry has always been a demanding industry to work in. What with the unsociable hours and the demands of discerning and sometimes difficult guests. It’s hard enough to find skills let alone people who can make a unique contribution to the hotel,...
