Renowned tourism enterprises inform students and job entrants about career opportunities – a first at ITB Berlin: „MeerArbeit“, and initiative by the Federal Employment Office

Working where others spend their holidays. ITB Berlin is providing students and job entrants with a background in tourism with a first-grade platform for finding dream jobs or taking the first step towards climbing the job ladder. Around 50 exhibitors will be presenting their international portfolios in hall 5.1 – „Training and Employment in Tourism“.

by Daniel Becht

A Personal Experience
Someone traveling past Nuremberg on Autobahn 6 to Mannheim will not pass much anything except for the town of Heilbronn for a long time. Small villages can be seen left and right, as well as the obligatory, quietly grazing cattle. One would enjoy the idyll and the calm of these small settlements and gain some distance from the hectic urban life while joyously moving towards the next populated place by the name of Mannheim.

Recently, people have been given ample time to enjoy the pristine nature every other Saturday. Being stuck in traffic jams, that is.

On March 2, 2009, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, the leading luxury hotel group in the Asia-Pacific region, will open their first hotel in Japan. Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo comprises 202 rooms in the upper-most eleven floors of the 37-story building of Marunouchi Trust Tower Main. Is is located adjacent to Tokyo Station, the only station with connections to all parts of the country. The famous shopping district of Ginza and the imperial palace and its gardens are within walking distance, as are the newly developed business and banking district of Marunouchi and Nihonbashi, Tokyo’s historic and cultural center.

Air Berlin will be offering two new routes with the beginning of the summer flight plan. Starting from May 1, 2009, the second-largest German air carrier will be flying from Hanover to Stockholm for the first time, as well as resume its route between Stuttgart and Nice. The flights to Stockholm will be conducted five times a week at 10:45 a.m., with the arrival being scheduled for 12:25 p.m. Air Berlin jets headed for Nice will lift off at 02:10 p.m. every Saturday and land on the Côte d’Azur at 03:55 p.m.

As of now, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will be offering all guests unlimited, complimentary Internet access at all 60 Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts and Traders Hotels, the first international hotel chain to do so.

With this offer, the leading luxury hotel group in the Asia-Pacific region is reacting to the current economic downturn and its impact on business travel budgets. Guests at Shangri-La can use the high-speed Internet connections, both wired and wireless, at any time in all guest rooms, as well as in public spaces, restaurants, lounges and event venues at all of the group’s hotels.

After 20 years in existence, Best Western’s bonus program Gold Crown Club International will be renamed to Best Western Rewards. The customer club of the world’s largest hotel chain, counting around 10 million members, is among the most popular customer retention programs in the hotel industry.

Ten million members – 20 successful years of customer retention: The globally represented hotel group Best Western has an impressive success rate to show for. On the occasion of its birthday, their bonus program is now being renamed to “Best Western Rewards”.