Video - A lesson in what makes for true hospitality - Guaranteed to make you smile
A short movie about positivity and the impact it has on our lives...and those of others! A true lesson in hospitality for all of us... enjoy:
"Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne. Winner - Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner - Audience Award, Hawaii Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, Winner - Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival, Winner - Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival, Winner - Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Film, Sedona Int'l Film Festival.
XDRTB - Help fight the Tuberculosis Pandemic - Spread the story, Stop the disease
Something a little different on The Tourism & Hospitality Diaries...a story that can make a difference, just by the telling of it. A video that shows 37 extremely moving photos by James Nachtwey, to tell the story of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB...very deadly yet very preventable. Spread the story and stop the disease! You can make a difference.
Viva LHC - Understanding the search of the God particle aka Black Holes wont suck the earth in
The world's been abuzz with speculations, cheers and doomsday chants since the announcement that LHC (the Large Hadron Collider) was finally going to be switched on. A project decades in the making...and something that will eventually help us understand what matter is made of, how the big bang created everything...and perhaps even rethink Physics is indeed something to be hailed for its ingenuity and courage. Those who do not understand the nature of the experiments fear that the miniscule collisions will create black holes that will suck in the earth :). Want to understand more? Watch the excellent amateur "rap video" created by the scientists at CERN, to explain what they're doing:
Celebrating English Abroad - Funny signs and notices seen in different countries
English is widely used and abused around the world! Here's a list of signs and notices seen in foreign establishments and hotels around the world...that just cracks me up!! In the end...is 'some' knowledge of English better than 'no' knowledge at all? Enjoy!
In a Tokyo Hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read notice. (sic)
In another Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
In a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards and only when lit up.
In a Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
A new poll shows what people consider the most memorable hotel movie scenes of all time...frankly I find the choices a little strange (don't know if people were given fixed choices to rate...maybe this is the cause)
"The steamy image of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in a luxurious bubble bath has been named the best hotel scene in a movie ever, according to a new poll."
Runners up in the poll include:
1. Pretty Woman - Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in a bubble bath
2. Psycho - The Shower Scene
3. The Shining - Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd) facing the image of dead twins
4. Beverly Hills Cop - Eddie Murphy's reception desk rant
5. Indecent Proposal - Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore have sex on $1,000,000
6. Thelma and Louise - Brad Pitt and Gena Davis love scene before he steals her cash
7. Ghostbusters - the team trash a hotel dining room chasing ghost
8. Godfather - Al Pacino hears about father's shooting while having dinner with Diane Keaton
9. Trainspotting - Ewan McGregor leaves hotel room with the drug money
10. Pulp Fiction - Maria de Medeiros tells Bruce Willis she wants a 'pot belly'
Personally, I think Hotel Rwanda stands out in memory due to the very nature of the movie, the realism and harrowing images...plus the fact that the hotel serves as a refuge and a place of hope. But then again...memories serve us differently depending on taste and circumstance.
Those working in the hotel / hospitality industry have plenty to complain about...long hours, too many complaints, not enough compliments and 'thank you's, lower salaries...just to mention a few. So it's no surprise that many have come up with ways to describe the industry and the role that these "unsung heroes" play. One particular version that really cracks me up is a description by Rolf Oppenheim...
AN HOTELIER MUST BE:
A DIPLOMAT
A DEMOCRAT
AN AUTOCRAT
AN ACROBAT
AND...
