Campusing at BEL Institute of Hotel Management, Shivakashi

Recently I had been to Shivakasi for a Campus recruitment at BEL Institute of Hotel Management. That was the first time I was in Shivakasi. 

Shivakasi is a small town situated approximately 60 kms away from MADURAI (The Temple City of Tamil Nadu).

Shivakasi is a popular industrial area and is popular for the "Fire Works". The main fire works production area is Shivakasi, from where it is delivered to all over India as well as World.

Shivakasi is also popular for making Calenders. The maximum volume of Calenders are made in this place and distributed to all over India. 

Shivakasi also attracts tourists for the beautiful ancient temples situated around the city. We visited some of the temple during our spare time and experienced the temple tradition of South India. Its wonderful, amazing.

BEL Institute is just four years old, it is one of the best institute in Shivakasi city. BEL Institute offers 3 years BHM Degree course as well as one and half year Craft courses on F&B Production and F&B Service.

It has all modern equipments and Laboratories which are very much necessary to run a Hotel Management College. I found the Institute excellent in the cleanliness, hygiene and well-structured. The students have good attitude and grooming although the language problem plays a biggest factor.
The owner of BELL Institute has a hotel also in Shivakasi, the hotel has 42 well equipped rooms similar to star hotels.

World Cup Cricket' 2011..............@ HSPO

World Cup Cricket Tournaments have began................

Everyone is keen to support their own team....

All are in front of Television to watch their favourite team's performance.....

Suspense............

.......Fun...................

.............Enjoyment......

...................Tension..........

..........................Cheering.......

.................................Masti..........

All the above is common at your house.

But have you ever experience the same excitement at any hotel, watching the World cup cricket match on a giant screen, enjoying with friends unlimited?

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I am sure............your answer will be "NO".

Then you must experience the same at our Hotel Rennaaissancce Sarovar Portico, Hosur.

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Managerial Excellence Program at Rennaaissancce Sarovar portico, Hosur

As a part of Corporate Training Program for the Managers in Sarovar Group of Hotels, this year we had "Managerial Excellence Program" from 15^th to 17^th February 2011 at our Hotel Rennaaissancce Sarovar portico, Hosur.

The Resource Person for this program was Mr. Prem Kumar, who is the Corporate Training Manager, Sarovar Group of Hotels.

All the three days of program was fruitful and live through the presentations and various interesting physical activities. The focus was mainly on the Managerial Skills development.

A small story on "PERSONAL PERCEPTION"

Different people have different perception.

One person's best food could be another person's poison.

A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?"

Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?"

Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.

Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman."
The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey.

Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you."

Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

It seems to be there is no other choice left.

Few minutes later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river.

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Moral of the story:

You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.

Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear.

Farewell of Mr. Arundeep Sachadeva...

Mr Arundeep Sachadeva was General Manager of our hotel Rennaaissancce Sarovar Portico, Hosur for two years. He got transferred recently to Shiliguri Sarovar Premiere Hotel. He worked in Taj Group of Hotels earlier during his early stages of career.

On 05th February, 2011 we gave farewell to Mr. Arundeep. Here are few snaps taken during his farewell.

CREATIVE TOUCH……....

A story of Abraham Lincoln:

On the first day as President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural speech, just in the middle, one man stood up. He was a rich aristocrat. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family”. The whole senate laughed; they thought they had made fool to Abraham Lincoln.

But Lincoln made all the people surprised and stunt by his reply to that aristocrat. Lincoln said, “Sir I know that my father used to make shoes in your house for your family and there will be many others here. Because the way he made the shoes, nobody else can make. He was a creator. His shoes were not just the shoes; he poured his soul in it. I want to ask you, have you any complaint? Because I know how to make shoes myself, if you have any complaint, then I can make another pair of shoes for you. But as far as I know nobody has ever complaint about my father’s shoes. He was a Genius, a great Creator, I am proud of my father.”

The whole senate was stuck dumb. They could not understand what type of person Abraham Lincoln was. He had made shoe making an art, a creativity. And he was proud of his father because is father did the job so well that not even a single complaint had been heard.

It does not matter what you do. What matters is how you do it – of our own accord, with our own Vision, with your own love and affection. Then whatever you touch becomes gold.

Change your Vision.............

A Beautiful Story on Changing Vision...............

Once a millionaire was suffering from severe eye pain, he consulted so many physicians and getting his treatment done. His eye pain was so severe that he had to take heavy loads of drugs and injection everyday. But the ache persisted with great vigor.

When no physicians was able cure his eye pain, at last one Monk was called for his treatment. The monk was expert in treating such type of disease. The Monk analyzed the problem of the millionaire and said that for some time he should concentrate on only green colours and not to look at any other colours.

The millionaire hired a group of painter and purchased barrels of green colour paint. The painters were ordered to paint every object with green colour in the area of vision wherever the millionaire would look at.

When the monk came to visit the millionaire to see the progress on his treatment, the servant ran immediately towards the monk with a bucket of green paint and poured over him since the monk was in red dress which may cause his master’s eye pain again. The monk laughed and said “If you had purchased a pair of green spectacles worth just few rupees, you could have saved all these walls, trees, pots, furniture and all other articles and also could save a large share of his fortune. You can not paint the world green”.

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Let us all change our Vision and the world will appear accordingly. It is foolish to shape the world, let us shape ourselves first.

Let’s change our vision….. Think Simple…Live Simple…..

Knowledge is created by the learner

"Knowledge is created by the learner, not given by the teacher"..................

If you are trying to learn something then you will need to think about it. We are not trying to teach you anything which you do not already know, you are merely using us to remind you of things you want to remember.

Saraswati Puja.....2011

Today is "SARASWATI PUJA". Goddess Saraswati is the God of Education and Learning. 

The Eastern part of India celebrates the day by offering pujas to Goddess Saraswati and followed by having bhog (prasadam).

It is believed to be auspicious that on this particular day all the students as well as educators keep fasting for Maata Saraswati and pray for having good education & knowledge by offering puja.  

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The day I came here in Hosur for my new job, I have almost forgotten the traditional celebrations and festivals of my native, one among them is Saraswati Puja. Fortunately, one of my friend rang up yesterday and reminded me about the same and suddenly I realized that as if I am lost....

I am missing my home town and missing all these small small festivals.

Corporate Tensions....(Self Experience)

I used to think earlier that managers are the most happiest persons in an organization, because they wear suits, they do not do any hard work, they just sits in a cabin which could be air-conditioned and earns good salary.

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This is the common perception which almost everyone has unless He/ She is a Manager.

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Today I am realizing what type of tensions a manager has to bear while on duty. 

I think today was one of my hectic day in our Hotel. 

There were lots of works back to back, starting from attending morning GM's Meeting, followed by taking orientation program for newly joined staffs, then Guest Comment card Analysis and doing follow up of the same, Tabulating staffs details for Health Insurance (which we have just started recently), interviewing candidates (full round) in absence of HR Manager and finalizing his candidature with joining date.........Oops.... My day is too hectic......

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And also I had to ensure that Training sessions are conducted for our staffs time to time as per schedule...

Apart from the above, solving lot of staff grievances pertaining to their salary issue as well as few deduction issues....

Ya it is true that I am doing hard work like my workers (staffs), but I am more involved in mental work (taking corporate decision, solving issues, etc.)

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I have realized today what corporate tensions are and how they will come on to your way, and also how you will get the ways to solve them one by one... 

Giving "Best Employee" Award to our employees..

On 05^th February 2011 (Saturday), we have awarded “Best Employee of The Month- JANUARY’2011” to two of our employees- Mr. Saran Raj S. (Food and Beverage Service Dept.) and Ms. Sumaya S. (House-Keeping Dept.)

The certificates and award money was given to the employees by our General Manager, Mr. Arundeep Sachadeva.

This is a practice of all our Sarovar Group of Hotels to choose the best employees based on certain specific criteria and give away the awards every month.

Staff's Birthday Celebration for February'2011 at our hotel (HSPO)

Like every month, this month also we have celebrated our employee's birthday at OPEN HUT (open air restaurant) in our hotel. Generally we celebrate all the staff’s birthday at once whosever birth date falls on the same month. And in this month of February’2011 we have 07 of our employee’s birthday…..and we have celebrated so at once.

This is nothing but just an employees motivation and also a HR initiative to keep our employee happy and productive.

I personally wish all of them a "Very Happy Birthday".

Top 20 Soft Skills required at your work place...

To be a successful employee, all of us try to adopt so many skills, which helps us to present ourselves in better way. All those skills are better known as "Soft Skills", which are completely different from the Technical Skills.

According to me, there are 20 important Soft Skills, each and everyone must have to make themselves well-professional at work. All these Soft Skills helps to grow an ordinary employee to a Successful Employee.

1)       Adaptability

2)       Commitment to Learning & Training

3)       Communication skills with Customers, Colleagues and fellow employees

4)      Courtesy

5)       Critical Thinking Skills

6)      Flexibility

7)       Good Listening Skills

8)       Good Personal Appearance

9)       Honesty

10)    Interpersonal Skills

11)     Learning Capability

12)    Motivational Skills

13)     Personal Integrity

14)    Positive Attitude

15)    Positive Work Ethics

16)    Punctuality

17)    Reliability

18)    Team Work

19)    Using Presence of Mind

20)   Willingness to Take Responsibility

Best eye yoga....Brain healer......

Hi folks.........

Here are few exercises for your beautiful eyes, which need a little symmetric movement.

Just click on the pictures and see how your eyes will be moving in a symmetric rhythm.... It is the best yoga for eyes I feel.

 

Well folks... Do not look at these pictures for long time...Your eyes may get pain......

New General Manager joined our Hotel.........

Mr. Ranjeesh P.K., a hotelier, was popularly known as the General Manager of Radha Hometel, Bengaluru since last two years. He joined our hotel, Rennaaissancce Sarovar Portico, Hosur on 01st February 2011 (yesterday) officially. 

Today we had an induction session of our new GM with all our staff members.

Mr. Ranjeesh started his career as a Trainee Steward in the year 1996, over the years he gained his experiences by working in reputed hotels like ITC, TAJ Group, etc.

He is being associated with Sarovar Group of Hotels since last five years.

We all welcome Mr. Ranjeesh to Rennaaissancce Sarovar Portico, Hosur.

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Let me give a small introduction about Sarovar Group of Hotels.......

Sarovar is the leading hotel management company in India with hotels spanning business, leisure and religious destinations. The Company manages and franchises 54 hotels and resorts across 39 destinations in India and overseas under Sarovar Premiere, Sarovar Portico, Hometel, Park Plaza and Park Inn brands. The brands cover 3-star to 5-star hotels.

Sarovar also provides corporate hospitality services at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Geoffrey's, Sarovar's English Pub brand operates at multiple destinations across India.

Valentines Day special at our Hotel.................

Hi folks................

Still thinking to celebrate Valentines day? Not yet planned? Few more days to go....

Well, if you are still confused as where to celebrate the day with your Valentine, then just drop down to our Hotel, Rennaaissancce Sarovar Portico, Hosur.

Compliment your valentine with a Romantic Candle-lite Dinner at our Coffee Shop- 180o with the same regular price. And also get a surprise gift for your valentine from our side.

Oh yes.... I forgot............
Wish you a Very Happy Valentines Day (in advance).....:-)

Introducing Table d'hote menu in our ORIENTAL Restaurant....

By keeping the market demand in mind we have introduced a Table d'hote Menu for our restaurant "ORIENTAL". Oriental restaurant serves a typical oriental specialty dishes (Mostly Chinese and Thai) to the guests on A la carte order basis. 

After receiving lots of feed back from our regular corporate guests who are all staying in our hotel for quiet a long time, we thought of having a slight change in menu offerings at "ORIENTAL".

Hence our new menu now offers a set of five course Chinese menu (in combination of veg and non-veg), which will be served very fast, in other words I can rather describe this as a Quick Working Lunch with five course menu.......

Effective from 01st February 2011......
All are welcome to experience the taste of oriental TDH menu......