On October 11, 2013 a friendly meeting of hospitality business executives took place at SWISSAM Hospitality Business School. Rector of the school Walter Spaltenstein with the SWISSAM management provided the guests with a report on their up-to-date achievements. Moreover, general managers, heads of human resources departments and other representatives of the hospitality industry shared ideas regarding hospitality business in Russia, and Saint Petersburg, in particular, and also how schools and universities can help hotels to achieve its goals.
The industry representatives pointed out 7 most important criteria, applied to candidates for a vacancy in the hospitality industry:
- Languages
Relevant: Russian, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Asian (various). - Attitude
Goal setting, enthusiasm, motivation, proactivity. - Communication skills
Extroverted person. - Technical / professional skills
Basic skills (financial, property management systems (e.g. Opera PMS), etc.). - Awareness
Knowledge of the hospitality industry, global trends, news. - Leadership skills
- Change-oriented
Constant self-development, modernization.
In the summer 2013 there was opened a new hostel in St. Petersburg – Giggly Hostel. We visited Giggly and met with its management.
As traffic between Finland and Russia is growing day by day and the number of travellers increases rapidly, there is a certain need of finding the right transportation. In this inspection we would like to concentrate on shuttle buses Lux Express.
Launched in 1988 by Business Traveller UK magazine, Business Traveller Awards has now come to Russia.