Everyone knows the importance of the training before open an hotel.

It's new for all for the candidates, new hotel, new management with different objectives, differents rules and policies.
Even some persons have a rich experience, it doesn't mean that it fits the new environment. Different hotel background from different hotel groups also mean different culture.

To be success everybody has to go on the same way to avoid confusion. The standard are not the same from one hotel group to another one.

How to serve a glass of water of how to cook a fried rice can be different  from your previous job. During the pre-opening time we had to start all from the beginning.

The hotel will be open soon.
The managers are here.
Now it's time for the mass recruitment.
About 1500 persons have applied during 2 days.
Some with experience, some without.

900 pers finally has passed the first quick interview with the human ressources and wait for the interview for the department they have applied.

After the interview, within 5 minutes, we will kept about 500 for a second interview one week later.

Now, it's the pre-opening time. The hotel Howard Johnson will open the 30th of november 2007. The key people are already arrived. Now we are only a small group, getting bigger and bigger weeks after weeks. At this time we were 8 one month ago, 12 one week later....now 16. Next week, about 80 more will join the food & beverage department. We will be a total of 206 persons, waiters and cooks...