California | A Covid19 Framework for Hotel Operations

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 11 a.m.

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Founder and CEO of Unique Hospitality Solutions and former Mandarin Oriental Group Director of Rooms Ms. Anja Luthje shares how she worked with her team at Mandarin Oriental to create a customized Covid19 Framework for The Group.

They identified 3 types of \\u2018new guests\\u2019:
- The Covid Sensitive
- The Covid Super Sensitive
- The Covid Fatigued

and kept their employees engaged and motivated with:
- 1\\xa0 podcast a day on the employee's App
- Support on Mental Health with talks and training
- Voice Modulation while wearing the face mask
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I have particularly enjoyed my chat with Anja, not just because she is as passionate about hospitality as I am, but also because she was able to turn that passion into a powerful tool to launch her business in a time where pivoting and spotting opportunities seems to be the way to go in Tourism and Travel.



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