Banyan Tree prioritizes mental health
Singapore-based Banyan Tree Group has launched three group-wide initiatives to promote wellbeing, particularly mental wellbeing, during COVID-19 and beyond. The group is laying the groundwork to support associates’ wellbeing with the launch of “Project T,” a tele-therapy service partnering with externally certified wellbeing practitioners. Confidential and available in English, Chinese and Thai languages, associates benefit from complimentary professional sessions to learn stress management techniques, to apply at work and in their personal life.
Rosen Orlando moves forward with Thanksgiving buffet
Despite a recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that upcoming Thanksgiving holiday gatherings remain small and limited to people who live in the same household, the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida, will move forward with its plan for a Thanksgiving Day buffet. Rosen has promised “the highest standards of cleanliness and safety,” transforming “the consistently spotless property at every level with new measures, vetted and tested for the utmost effectiveness in line with the CDC requirements for COVID-19.”
Quirky strategy lands out-of-work manager a job
An English out-of-work hotel manager who went viral after handing out hundreds of resumes in railway stations has finally landed a new job. Trevor Walford, 63, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, said he is “chuffed to bits” to be given a job as the new training development manager for the hospitality group Churrasco. Walford was laid off in March, ultimately leading him to put on a suit and personally hand out around 200 resumes at four railway stations near his home in Leeds earlier this month.