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YOUTHCAREER INITIATIVE (YCI) (BU America - MExico)
NH Hotel Group is the only Spanish company committed to this international initiative, along with Intercontinental, Marriott and Starwood,
training over 400 young people at risk of social exclusion in 53 hotels around the world. During this seventh edition, the fourth inwhichNHHotel
Group participated,
12
young people
received training during 24 weeks at NHMexico City and NH Santa Fe.
CASALS DEL INFANTS (BU Spain - Barcelona)
This is the third year that NHHotel Group collaborates with this foundation, which promotes social initiatives favouring the integration of young
people at risk of social exclusion. In 2013,
ten students
in the Professional Qualification programmes where trained at NH hotels in Barcelona.
ESHOB (BU Spain - Barcelona)
In 2013, the NH Collection Tower collaborated with the School of Hotel Management of Barcelona (ESHOB) by providing apprenticeships to
five students
in the restaurant department. This training course was focused on young people ages 16 to 19 who are at risk of social exclusion
and was totally imparted at hotel premises.
HOTEL DOWNHESPERIA FINISTERRE (BU Spain – A Coruña)
The Hesperia Finisterre Hotel and the Down Syndrome Association of A Coruña collaborated in the Down Hotel by Finisterre programme of
apprenticeships for disabled young people focused on promoting their social and employment integration. The hotel signed an apprenticeship
agreement whereby
five young people
received training in different departments of the hotel.
JINC (BU Benelux)
NH Hotel Group and JINC have been collaborating in providing professional training for young people from underprivileged neighbourhoods
since 2009, focused on integrating them into the labour market. In 2013, 12 visits and workshops were organised in 7 NH hotels in Amsterdam,
Amersfoot and Utrecht, with the participation of
192
young people
during which employee volunteers transmitted their enthusiasm and
experience in the hotel sector. The experience for both the participants and employees was profoundly enriching, so much so that in future
editions, we will contemplate the option of giving the most motivated ones the opportunity of completing apprenticeships in some of the
participating hotels.
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES
Part of the Social Action strategy includes the development of international training and apprenticeship programmes for young people at
risk of
social exclusion and the disabled
in the hotels of all the business units. The participants develop technical and personal skills thanks to the direct
involvement of hotel employees whose work as volunteer coaches, providing guidance and orientation, is invaluable.
Youth Career Inititative (YCI)
(
BU America - Mexico)
NHCollection Tower
Barcelona, Spain
