Entries by Monica Or

Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards – Winners revealed!

  On the evening of the 23rd October 2013 the Awards Evening was held for the finalists of the Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards at Boreham House in Chelmsford, and being one of the judges for the Best Hospitality Venue category I was invited along to attend. It was a fabulous evening which celebrated the […]

Hospitality Star of the Future

Tonight I was invited to attend Springboard’s Kick Start Your Career 2013 Graduation where school and college leavers that took part in this 3 week summer programme to gain work experience in the hospitality industry were awarded their certificates as they graduated. Their first week comprised of pre-placement training which was followed by two weeks […]

HACCC – Hotel and Catering Challenge Cup

The HACCC is an annual event for hospitality companies to enter and compete in a friendly football tournament. This year’s event was held at Kings House Sports Ground in Chiswick. It is organised by Paul Gilley from CC Festivals and this year the Institute of Hospitality London were proud to partner them, and as Chairman, […]

Award Season is upon us

Well it is at this time of year that we celebrate the successes of our colleagues and peers and if you look at the hospitality calender you will not fail to see a whole host of different award ceremonies that you can attend over the coming months. In my recent article in Hotel Industry magazine […]

Continuing Professional Development

  The last few months have been quite hectic and for myself personally one main change that has happened was that in May I was elected as Chairman for the Institute of Hospitality London Branch, so I have been busy working with the committee to organise events for our members. One area that I am […]