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HOTEL TAKEOVER PROJECT
BEST INNOVATION IN AN
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
World Wide Hospitality Award 2019
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- RÉSUMÉ
Un apprentissage et une expérience unique créée grâce a une
immersion Hotel Takeover
Intercontinental. Cette propriété de 383 chambres est managée
par les élèves de
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HOTEL TAKEOVER PROJECT - SUMMARY
A Unique learning experience through an Industry Immersion, The
Hotel Takeover is driven in collaboration with The Holiday Inn
Express
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, an Intercontinental Hotel Group. The
383 rooms property is fully taken over by our Bachelor and Diploma
students in partnership with the Hotel
management team.
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INTRODUCTION
Taylor's Education Group is Malaysia's premier private
education group that owns and operates Taylor's University -
one of Malaysia's oldest, most successful and reputable
private
education institution .
University has always been the pioneer in driving
innovative curriculum where the onus is on enhanced teaching
philosophy so that students will not only graduate with an
outstanding degree, but also with future -ready skills that
will
make them highly sought after in the ever -evolving global
marketplace .
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INNOVATIVE CONTENT
HOTEL TAKEOVER PROJECT :
Tourism & Events ranked 14 th QS World Ranking by subject,
has never rested from innovating new learning platforms for its
Bachelor of International Hospitality Management and Diploma in
Hotel Management students.
In lieu of our Industry Integrated teaching and
working closely with our industry partners on various innovative
collaborations and one of which is our Hotel Takeover Project with
Holiday Inn Express , an IHG hotel. As part of this project our
final year Bachelor in International Hospitality Management and
Diploma in Hotel Management students will be tasked to manage and
operate the hotel for a week. Be it the position of the General
Manager, Sales Director, Director of Finance and the Executive
Housekeeper, it was all taken over by the students for an entire
week to manage the 383 rooms property.
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INDUSTRY PARTNER
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL :
Holiday Inn Express Kuala Lumpur
City Centre is the first Holiday Inn
Express brand in Malaysia.
Conveniently placed at Jalan Raja
Chulan , this 383 -room hotel is
situated at the KL Downtown
access to major financial and
commercial towers, including the
world -renowned Petronas Twin
Towers, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Tun
Razak Exchange, Kuala Lumpur
Convention Centre and many more.
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PROJECT CONCEPTUALIZATION
University and HolidayInn Express hotel with the aim
ofestablishing a long -termcollaborative relationship topromote
co-operation within highereducation and to enhance theopportunities
available to studentsin terms of practical exposureundertaking
professional tasksat Holiday Inn Express leading totheir career
enhancement .
The hotel on its part will adopt40 students for the Hotel
TakeoverProject and will provideprofessional task at the hotel
tooperate the 383 property under the
supervision and training .
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PROJECT CONCEPTUALIZATION
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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
APPLICATION D -21 Days
Bachelor of International Hospitality students apply for
Managerial and Operational positions
Shortlisting of the applications
University and Holiday Inn Express hotel
INTERVIEW
D -14 Days
Shortlisted students are screened by the hotel leadership
team
Positions are finalized for both managerial and operational
positions
Diploma students qualify for the operational positions
SELECTION
D -13 Days
Announcement made to students and all relevant stakeholders
One semester week is identified for the hotel takeover week
ORIENTATION
D -10 Days
All selected candidates report for a
at the respective departments and by the sectional heads and the
hotel general manager.
TAKEOVER
5 Days
University students report at the hotel in their various
departments.
EVALUATION
D +20 Days
University and the hotel team will measure the satisfaction of
students involved based on the presentation of the students
learning experience.
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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Training
Department training is provided by the Hotel team
Hotel Takeover
Students manage and run the hotel for a week
Experiential Learning
Students gain their insight of experiential learning in the real
world
Project Presentation
Students share their experiences
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PROJECT IMPACT
At the core of the Hotel Takeover Project is the
means to empower students with the ability to uncover their
passions in the hospitality industry by giving them an experience
of the real hotel working
experience.
We are currently in the third Hotel Takeover project cycle with
our
Industry Partner.
