Dorchester Collection: One of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024
By Denis Sheehan FIH: Dorchester Collection Named One of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Dorchester Collection’s corporate office and three UK hotels, The Dorchester, 45 Park Lane and Coworth Park, have been named in The Sunday Times 100 Best Places to Work List for 2024 and included in the Top Ten Best […]
Promoting Digital Inclusion: Designed specifically for people with disabilities
By Denis Sheehan FIH: Promoting Digital Inclusion: Designed specifically for people with disabilities. Promoting Digital Inclusion is a video from Dorset charity The Crumbs Project to further boost employability and life-skills amongst adults living with disabilities. Promoting Digital Inclusion addresses a crucial need through providing tailored digital skills training to adults with disabilities, empowering […]
Hotel’s accessible braille guide for visually impaired guests
By Angela Green: Hotel launches accessible braille guide for visually impaired guests. A hotel based in the heart of Warwickshire has taken a step toward inclusivity and accessibility with its braille wedding guide. Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa, a historic hotel situated on the outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon, announced the braille initiative as part of its journey […]
Time to put the A into ESG
By Robin Sheppard, President, Bespoke Hotels: Time to put the A into ESG. It’s time that ‘ESG’ became ‘ESAG’. It’s time to put the ‘Accessibility’ into ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’. Around a quarter of the UK population have a disability, according to the definition used by the Disability Discrimination Act (Department for Work and […]
A guide for people with learning disabilities to entering the hospitality workplace from Hilton’s Sam Innes
By Denis Sheehan FIH, MD, Accessible Hospitality Alliance. Sam Innes is a member of The Waldorf Hilton, London’s Food and Beverage team who has Down Syndrome. He is working to defy the barriers to entering the workforce, and part of his work includes providing interviews with the media, so I said yes when given […]
