All around the world InterContinental Hotels Group, IHG is ‘Celebrating Service’ with over 345,000 employees, in more than 4,000 hotels and offices. Here in India, colleagues from the IHG Regional office and 13 Hotels got together to thank and recognize the hard work and dedication of the more than 3000 colleagues in India. The concept – Celebrate Service was pioneered in 2010 by IHG and the IHG Owners Association for our 4000+ hotels and offices globally. As a part of ‘Celebrating Service’ , the group and the management take a week to thank their teams and colleagues for their efforts and hard work.
Zareena Brown, Vice President, Human Resources, Asia, Middle East and Africa, IHG said: “Our people are at the heart of our business and bring our brands to life which is why Celebrate Service Week is a hugely important date on the IHG calendar. It is a time when we can celebrate great service and thank the 43,000 colleagues across Asia, Middle East and Africa for the outstanding job they do everyday across our family of brands.”
During the week long celebrations in India there were a plethora of activities held at the IHG properties which got the entire management and operations team to interact over fun activities such as Red Carpet Welcome, Managers serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Bowling, Fruit Carving, Musical chairs, Spa day, Fashion show, Tree plantings, Make your own Sundae (ice cream), Team outings, Theme lunches, Minute-to-win-it games, Photo sessions, Poster making, etc.
Celebrate Service week acknowledges the vital part that the groups front-line teams play in delivering outstanding service to their guests throughout the IHG system.