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Who would ever think that I would end up in the final round of a trivia game? No one!!! Tonight KAT brought in Thinkfast. It is an interactive reality game show. We saw them showcase at APCA (Association for Promotion of Campus Activities) Conference last spring and really enjoyed what they did. Mark (Student Involvement [...]
Filed under: KAT on September 24th, 2007 | Comments Off
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As soon as I approached the front door at the Ritz I was welcomed by valet personnel that gave me a warm and friendly welcoming to the resort. I waited in the lobby until I was escorted to the Human Resource Department. At this time I was interviewed by the training director with the [...]
Filed under: Hotel Internship on September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On my way home from work this morning I called the human resources department. Without hesistation when I called the Ritz Carlton, Liz in Human Resources informed me to still come onto property at 11am and they would arrange for me to do the phone interview that has been delay in addition to meeting with [...]
Filed under: Hotel Internship on September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am working the overnight shift at the Resort at Singer Island. I had an Energy induced Vitamin Water….that didn’t give me much energy. I had a snickers bar…being a simple carbohydrate I had energy for 30 minutes and then it died off. I have to provide wake up calls for guests in the hotel [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 24th, 2007 | Comments Off
A couple weeks ago my computer completely crashed. It had everything on it that was important to me. I recently studied abroad in China and took over 1000 photos that are on the damaged hard drive. The last time I backed up my computer was at the end of the Spring semester. IT department is [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 23rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I spent another morning in an HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marking Association International) Revenue Management Seminar with Dr. Downey and Professor Schott. The seminar began with a lecture on pricing strategies, distribution principals, and rate parity. That was the boring yet necessary part of the day. After that we jumped right into the simulation. It [...]
Filed under: Lynn on September 23rd, 2007 | Comments Off
Tonight was so much fun. Armando, Taryn, Megan, Shannon, Lauren, Lynette, Jessica, and I went to see Dashboard Confessional in concert in Delray Beach. Chris Carrabba was performing at City Limits right in Old Delray. None of us had been there before and we were expected an outdoor concert. To our surprise it [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Waking up this morning at 8:00am to get over to the International Building at 9:00am sharp was a challenge. I was so tired from going out last night and not getting in until 2am. This morning I have been in a HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marking Association International) Revenue Management Seminar with Dr. Downey, Dean [...]
Filed under: Class on September 22nd, 2007 | Comments Off
Once again, I wake up early for this phone interview and 9:45am roles by and still no call. The clock reaches 10:00am and still I have received no call. Eventually at 10:17am I receive a call from the human resources department letting me know that there phones were down at the Ritz for several hours. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 21st, 2007 | Comments Off
I never went to sleep this morning after working the overnight shift with intentions of having a phone interview with the Ritz Carlton in Palm Beach at 11am. I am done working at the Resort at Singer Island on September 28 and my next internship is in Revenue Management. Of course, I did not receive [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 20th, 2007 | Comments Off
