in order to help them in their social and labour integration. To
be specific, agreements were signed for practicals to enable
nine young people to receive training in various departments
in these hotels.
BU BENELUX. JINC “Track The Talent”
(THE NETHERLANDS)
NH Hotel Group and JINC have been collaborating since
2009 in providing professional training for young people
in the poorer districts to improve their employability and
bring them into the labour market. In 2014, nine visits and
workshops were organised at five hotels in Amsterdam and
Amersfoort, involving the participation of 59 young people.
The employee volunteers at these hotels passed on their
experience in the catering/hotel sector and filled them
with enthusiasm. This initiative was an extremely enriching
experience not only for the young people but also for the
hotel employees.
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES
Part of the Social Action strategy includes the development
of international training, apprenticeship and employment
programmes for young people at risk of social exclusion and
the disabled at the hotels in all the Business Units. In 2014,
647 students developed technical and personal skills thanks
to the direct involvement of the hotels’ employees who, by
accompanying them and providing guidance, carried out a
wonderful volunteering and coaching task.
BU AMERICA.
Youth Career Initiative (YCI)
NH Hotel Group is the only multinational company from Spain
committed to this innovative international initiative that has
a major impact on the fight against youth unemployment.
Together with other companies that are leaders in the sector,
such as Intercontinental, Marriott and Starwood, every year
NH Hotel Group provides training to more than 400 young
people at risk of social exclusion in the catering/hotel sector
at 53 hotels the world over.
In this, the eighth year, and the fifth year in which NH Hotel
Group has been participating, 13 young people were trained
for 24 weeks at NH Mexico City Reforma and NH Collection
Santa Fe. NH Collection Santa Fe was also the official host of
the 2014 edition, hosting the students’ graduation ceremony
and the hotel manager occupied the post of Deputy
Chairwoman of the YCI Council in Mexico.
BU SPAIN
In Spain, where youth unemployment rate is high, mainly
among the groups at risk of social exclusion, the programmes
aimed at making them more employable and that are
conducive to their integration are of particular importance.
Some outstanding collaborations include foundations like
Casal dels Infants in Barcelona, whose Initial Professional
Training programmes have enabled students to do their
training courses in Barcelona’s NH hotels.
NH Sevilla Viapol and Hesperia Finisterre collaborated with
Fundación Síndrome de Down offering practical programmes
for young people with this disability,
NH Santa Fe
Mexico City, Mexico
COMMITMENT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
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