‘Hospitality’ is a word that has gradually become synonymous with the variety of public accommodations, dining and entertainment commonly provided by hotels, from the simplest to the most lavish. Hilton Worldwide is an undisputed leader in the hospitality field, and they have just announced another significant expansion project in the UK and Europe.
Hilton expects to open more than 20 new properties in the UK over the next several years, with one in Lincoln scheduled by the end of this year and two in St George’s Park, Burton on Trent, by the end of 2012. The careers of about 1,900 hotel employees will be ‘safeguarded’ with the conversion of ten existing hotels to the Hilton brand, and around 1,500 hospitality careers will be launched with the new ones.
The company is also supporting the government’s Get Britain Working campaign with its apprenticeship programme, which provides on-the-job training combined with college-based courses. 60 young British chefs-in-training have already been recruited into the twelve month course at Hilton’s Chef Apprenticeship Academy.
There are many options and career opportunities in the hospitality industry, and Hilton says they mean to attract and retain the best of the best. Sales and marketing, finance, procurement, human resources, management and many other fields are all part of the Hilton Worldwide team; apprenticeships and Hilton’s online e-learning programme (more than 2,000 courses in 18 languages) are on offer to qualified candidates.
Russia, Germany, Poland and Turkey are also targeted as major growth areas, and hundreds of job and career opportunities will be opening up in those countries in the next two or three years. Hilton’s VP of
human resources for Europe said that the company is recruiting candidates who are highly motivated, and may have diverse backgrounds in fields that are transferable to the hospitality industry.
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