Monthly Archives: November 2014

SEQPHA Christmas Cruise on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast CruiseLiz joined other members of the South East Queensland Professional Housekeepers Association last week for an evening cruise and networking session before everyone gets super busy for the Christmas season. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

PHAN Housekeeping Christmas Dinner and AGM – 4th December

xmas dinner 2014The Professional Housekeepers Association of NSW will hold their AGM and annual Christmas dinner on the same day – 4th December. The AGM will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral on College Street and then the party will move down to Tharens Party Restaurant in Kings Cross.

Valitel are kindly treating members to the party night at Tharens Party Restaurant, a fun party venue that has been a mainstay of the partying side of life in Sydney for a long time   They really know how to give everyone a good time.  Tharens provide party hats and dress up items, entertainment and a banquet feast.

Numbers are limited to the combined AGM/Party – so please do let Mavis, Public Officer know soonest if you are able to attend

 

 

Presentation at Hong Kong Hotel Association – international trends and innovationsin Housekeeping

Liz at HKHA 2While she was in Hong Kong recently, Liz took the opportunity to make a presentation at the Hong Kong Hotel Association headquarters to over 40 Housekeeping Managers. The topics on global trends and innovations in Housekeeping included the exclusive use of steam to clean in hospitals in Australia, nanotechnology and liquid glass as used in the MTR in Hong Kong and continuing changes in housekeeping software such as Optii keeper.

 

Ecole Hoteliere Alumni Gathering in Hong Kong October 2014

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Claudio Salgado, Felix Bieger, Fritz Sommerau and Yves Thoma celebrate 50 years of HK Ecole Hoteliere alumni

In her role as Stamm lady and president of the Australian chapter of the Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne, Liz was part of the recent gathering in Hong Kong along with 12 other presidents from the alumni in Asia Pacific region. Two days were spent with reps from the school including the heads of the alumni division. The school has revamped the four-year bachelor program and has now an estimated 25,000 alumni since it first began 121 years ago. Hong Kong also celebrated 50 years since the start of the Hong Kong Stamm with cocktails at the Peninsula Hotel and dinner at Duddles  where one of the founding fathers, Felix Bieger was toasted by us all.

L&A Finance for Housekeepers Workshop held in Moscow, Russia in October sponsored by Miko Hotel Services

for blogMeike Hofemann Zhang, L&A Associate based in Germany travelled to Moscow in October to deliver the inaugural Finance for Housekeepers workshop though the full sponsorship of Miko Hotel Services.

12 participants attended on the first day with another 7 on the 2nd day. The course was delivered in English by Meike with full translation into Russian by the translators provided by the Suppliers.

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