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Turracherhoehe. For the last couple of weeks, three by three by three metre living cubicles have stood next to the Hotel Hochschrober on Turracherhoehe in Carinthia, Austria. The initiative allowed young members of staff to test alternative accommodation. One of Austria's most successful wellness and resort hotels looks for a comfortable solution to their staff housing problem as personnel will soon have to stand motivated and at the ready all year round.
London. Employers have a duty of care to their employees but new legislation coming onto the UK statute books this year will reform the corporate manslaughter law and place blame squarely on management failure with a new, specific offence of corporate manslaughter.
Munich. The new top manager knows neither the company history nor its informal structures. All he knows is that within a year he has to establish himself and have chalked up first positive results. Special coaching courses now support managers in such tasks. Insiders talk of "on-boarding". Next to the classic variety online-coaching is also increasingly used.
Munich. Looking for a job on the internet in the German hotel business in not easy. A recent survey in this area showed Lindner Hotels & Resorts took best advantage of this mode of job advertisement. Choice and Radisson SAS achieved poorer results.
Munich. A number of hotel chains have long recognised the advantage of online-learning and have offered their staff various further training and education courses. Hilton, Marriott, Peninsula und ArabellaSheraton/Starwood have cooperated thereby in the management field with renowned business schools.
Munich. E-learning increasingly helps to solve problems as quickly as possible. The boundary between learning and acquiring information is blurring and collective learning is also spreading rapidly.
Bad Hofgastein. The ski hotel training school in Austria's Bad Hofgastein really is one of a kind among tourist schools. The school has recently been inundated with applications. The course lasts four years instead of the usual three in order to make up for time lost to sporting activities. In addition, practical training is provided in the 5 star "school hotel" Grand Park Bad Hofgastein.
