The Tourism and Hospitality Diaries Blog Etiquette

What is a Blog?
A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog.

What are the Tourism and Hospitality Diaries?
"The Tourism and Hospitality Diaries" is a Blog focused on the hotel, motel, restaurant, airline, travel and other related sectors of the Tourism and Hospitality industry. The idea is to create an easy to use base for professionals, students and educators in the industry to exchange information, the latest news and developments, commentary and best practices.

Blog Etiquette
While the Jury's still out on what best constitutes Blog Etiquette, here are a few basic pointers:

Give credit where it's due: Do not copy articles without providing a link to the original source and author. Blogs are also like Diaries, so your personal comments and opinions matter a lot - try using snippets of the articles you like (or a link) and add your story or comments as the main feature.

Don't Spam: This is a definite no-no! Do not use this blog as an advertising board or for comments that would offend others or have no meaning.

KISS: Yes...the "Keep it Simple, Stupid!" principle applies here too...simple, personalized entries are bound to be more popular and people can get the jist of the message quicker.

Sensitive Information: Do not publish or include information in your posts that would normally not be available to the public, as in internal company / senstive data or information.

Check for duplicates: If you are posting from a popular source or on a popular topic, there is a good chance someone may already have made a post..so please run a quick search of the blog before posting.

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Posted 12/28/05 by JJ | Filed under: General

Comments

i want to be a member of this blog as this is an excellent blog related to hospitality matters

Posted by vishyacharya at 07/28/07 14:36:32

EXCELLENT SITE

Posted by vishyacharya at 07/28/07 14:39:06

I am a newly born hotelier, recently graduate. Hope that this blog will help me to improve my strengths, manage my weaknesses and find perspectives.

Posted by Katrina at 09/24/07 20:53:31

I am working for International Based Global Recruitment/Placement services.

I am in search for some Candidates (Guys and Gals) having Hotel Management or Hospitality filed back ground and who are interested working in Dubai, UAE and Kingdom of Sauid Arabia for better known hotels and Cafe outlets.

Those who are interested can contact me at the very earliest as time is too short.

Available Positions:
1. Kitchen Hands
2. Bakers
3. Waiters
4. Club Crew / Service Crew
5. Cashier
6. Outlet Supervisors
7. and Many more

Posted by Bhanu Prasad Karmacharya at 12/14/07 12:02:21

Hello,

I am from New York City and interested in working for the hospitality industry.
I have done quite a bit of reading on the industry and unfortunately, I am unable to comment on how good or bad working for a particular hotel could be. Perhaps, I can get some feedback. I would like to work for the HYATT Grand Hotel. How are there hours? Are they fair with the employees? Is it true that the people who work on the front lines i.e.,front desk, concierge, bellhops etc have to give up and work on holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's July 4th weekend etc? If the HYATT is not a good choice due to employees giving poor feedback, then what is a good hotel to work for?

What I would like to do is work as an assistant to do gift baskets. It could be for holidays, weddings, trade shows etc. I would like to learn and volunteer if possible.

Any feedback is useful.

Posted by Kelly at 02/02/08 08:13:46