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Acing your interview

Getting your dream job Interviews are a nerve-wracking experience for the vast majority of us. The pressure of landing your dream job and making a good

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How to sustainably “green” your hotel (and make a profit)

Have you heard of the Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) e-toolkit? It?s a product of the World Tourism Organisation and its associates. The toolkit is an initiative

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12 steps to an awesome CV

Getting your dream job The dreaded CV… Doing your CV can be an overwhelming experience! How long should it be? Must you include your school marks?

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For the love of wine: the secret life of sommeliers

Wine is a huge industry in South Africa and a good wine list can have a huge impact on a restaurant?s clientele. We?ve been reading a

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Becoming a butler is back in style

Admit it – when you think of a butler, you think of Alfred from Batman – an old English guy dressed to the nines, serving the

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The coffice – your local coffee shop office

Urban Dictionary defines a coffice as “a coffee shop one makes into an office where non- coffee shop work is performed.” These days, a lot of

A lively crowd dancing under colorful lights in a nightclub setting with a DJ booth. - International Hotel School

So you want to be a nightclub manager?

Owning or managing a nightclub is more than just a career; it’s a lifestyle. It’s a difficult industry and definitely not the norm, but if you

Sheryl Sandberg delivering a speech at Barnard College graduation ceremony with arms raised. - International Hotel School

Lean in and take the lead

Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, recently gave the Commencement Address at New York’s Barnard College. We thought her words of wisdom, especially for

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So you want to be a celebrity hotelier?

So you want to be a celebrity hotelier, do you? Unless you were born into a family-run hotel empire or gifted with a multi-million (dollar/pound/euro) bank