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2 day Workshop coming up in Sydney

PLANHousekeeping Managers Development Programme — Part 2 coming up  Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June 2014 in Sydney NSW.

Lycette & Associates in conjunction with PHAN is delighted to announce Part 2 of the Development Programme for Housekeeping Managers, Assistants, Hotel Engineers and Rooms Division colleagues. The 2-day Development Programme Part 2 will be held at Radisson Blu, 27 O’Connell Street, Sydney NSW 20oo  5.30pm daily. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE

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PHAN AGM and announcement of new Committee 2014

PHAN committee 2014The 10th AGM for the Professional Housekeepers Association of NSW was held on Thursday 27th March 2014 at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney. The new committee was voted in the with following results. The following officers were elected unanimously
President: Maureen Jolowicz
Vice President: Grace Esogon
Secretary: Zarife Melick
Treasurer: Nela Neves

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SEQPHA Breakfast 8 April 2014 at Longboards Surfers Paradise

SEPQPHA 8 April breakfastSouth East Queensland Professional Housekeepers Association will hold their next breakfast on 8th April 2014 from 7.00am at Longboards Laidback Eatery & Bar.

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New product – The Grout Mop!

grout mop and bonnit bugDuring Liz’s visit to the huge Cleaning Show in Las Vegas last year she came across 2 interesting new cleaning mops called the Grout Mop and the Bonnit Bug. They both incorporate a broom with nylon bristles along with a handy removable microfiber pad. The Grout Mop is useful for cleaning any tile surface which is a combination of tiles and grouting while the Bonnit Bug is more suited to spot cleaning carpet and upholstery. Click Here To Read More

Upcoming PHAN Annual General Meeting 27th March 2014

PHAN-logoThe Annual General Meeting of the Professional Housekeepers Association of NSW Inc will be held at 4pm on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Menzies Sydney Hotel

the Agenda includes the opening address and welcome by President, Ms. Maureen Jolowicz

Review of 2012 AGM minutes by Ms. Zarife Melick. Presentation of 2013 Financial Statement by Ms. Nela Neves. PHAN event in 2013 by Ms. Grace Esogon. Social media at PHAN by Ms. Lalini de Silva and Ms Kamila Smirski.

This will then be followed by NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS. OPEN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS REGARDING 2014 EVENTS

LUCKY DOOR PRIZE DRAWING

Close of meeting – all members are invited to join sponsors for drinks and canapés

           

This is your Chance to Win 1 Free Admission to the Online Finance for Housekeepers Course!

enter2winTo all housekeepers around the world! From today for only 10 days L&A is offering 1 person FREE ADMISSION to its online Finance for Housekeepers course . For your chance to win and start this course on Monday 28th April 2014 with fellow housekeepers from around the world register your name, position, hotel and email address with Meike. Email her your details and your name will go in the draw: meike@lycetteandassociates.com

The winner will be notified by email. Be quick this competition ends 31st March 2014!

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Christmas Greetings from UK Housekeeper Association Committee

Best wishes for the festive season from the UK Housekeeper AssociationSeasons greetings from UKHA committee Committee pictured here at the annual Ball held at Carlton Towers Hotel recently.

Visit to the Clean the World facility in Las Vegas USA and help for Typhoon Haiyan survivors

Clean the world site visitDuring her trip to Las Vegas, Liz took the opportunity to visit the Clean the World soap recycling centre. It was amazing to see the massive quantity of soap and small bottles waiting to be sorted and sent onto the processing plant in Orlando. The Hygiene Kit started in 2009 has been very popular and has been distributed to some of the 600,000 homeless in the US. The new soap processing machine is nearly up and running and will be able to process and create 80,000 bars of recycled soap today. Liz also met some of the volunteers at the facility. Their role is critical in sorting the items and preparing hygiene kits which contain a soap, shampoo, conditioner and body lotion also with brand new toothbrush, toothpaste and wash cloth. Click Here To Read More

“Quality Tools in Housekeeping” Presentation at IEHA Conference In Las Vegas November 2013

liz in actionL&A Director, Liz Lycette presented “Quality Tools in Housekeeping” at the 47th International Executive Housekeeper Association Conference and Convention on 17th November at 11.00am at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. With over 300 attendees present Liz first presented practical tools to the audience and followed up with the latest trends and innovations in the global housekeeping scene. The feedback from those present was very encouraging. Click Here To Read More

Liz at ISSA Las Vegas

with grout gatorHaving just presented at the IEHA conference at Planet Hollywood, Liz is spending 2 days at ISSA Las Vegas 2013 to catch up on all the latest trends and innovations. There were some great new innovations, robots and interesting trends. Allow the ISSA is more along the lines of commercial cleaning all the big name chemical suppliers were there along with many software providers and every kind of cleaning equipment imaginable!!

A lot of microfibre is available now and there were many new suppliers from China. See you all  at Orlando in November 2014!