Hyatt career day offers hands-on learning The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa in Po‘ipu welcomed 22 fifth-graders from Koloa and Kalaheo elementary schools for Camp Hyatt Career Day last month. The 15th annual event offers kids a inside look
Hyatt career day offers hands-on learning
The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa in Po‘ipu welcomed 22 fifth-graders from Koloa and Kalaheo elementary schools for Camp Hyatt Career Day last month.
The 15th annual event offers kids a inside look at the travel and tourism industry, which provides more than 18 million jobs in the United States, according to a Hyatt press release.
Nearly 300 students have participated in the program since its inception in 1992.
“We look forward to this day every year and believe that this hands-on experience is a great way to introduce kids to the many employment opportunities in this exciting field,” Doug Sears, the hotel’s general manager, stated in the release.
The Koloa and Kalaheo students welcomed guests, prepared food and assisted with guest check-ins while shadowing the pastry chef, general manager, front desk clerk, concierge, housekeeper, restaurant host, room service attendant, security guard, chef and front door attendant, stated the release.
All of the students received a uniform — T-shirt and name badge — as well as a tour of the resort and a pizza lunch and wrap-up session.
The 602-room Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i Resort and Spa is located on Po‘ipu’s Keoneloa Bay.
Aloha goes cashless on trans-Pacific flights
Aloha Airlines will no longer accept cash for purchases made on its transpacific flights between Hawai‘i and the Mainland, according to an Aloha press release.
MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards are now the preferred form of payment for items such as alcoholic beverages and in-flight movie entertainment.
Aloha operates daily service between Hawai‘i and Oakland, Orange County, Sacramento and San Diego. Connecting service reaches Reno and Las Vegas.
Company offers improv training
for visitor industry staff
Kaua‘i-based Visitor Industry Performance Training launched a new course last month that is designed to bring out the performer in visitor industry employees.
The two-day workshop serves as a crash course in hands-on acting and improvisational skills for staff who meet and greet visitors daily, states a press release.
The first class was held at the KAPA facility in Puhi for approximately 40 participants.
Attendees were shown how to read an audience, project their voices and apply character personalities in order to shed fears and gain confidence, according to the release.
The course is instructed by Bobbee Downs and Peggy Ellenburg, both 30-year veteran acting and drama teachers.
Visitor Industry Performance Training courses are available to resort managers and staff as well as activity and tour companies, airlines and cruise lines. For more information, visit
www.vi-pt.com or call Rick at 651-3635.
