The Tanoa Tusitala Hotel’s inaugural Hospitality Championship hosted during the weekend has been hailed a tremendous success.
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Held on Friday and Saturday at the Hotel, the Chefs competition kicked off proceedings, followed by other competitions involving sheet folding and other key skill areas in the hospitality industry.
Chief Guests included the Chief Executive Officer of Samoa Tourism Authority, Papali’i Sonja Hunter, Liz Gadd, of A.P.T.C. and Tanoa Tusitala Chairman, YP Reddy. They were witnesses and judged the enthusiastic teams, which competed in various categories.
The chefs competition was followed by the bar staff presenting their unique concoctions of different drinks. Other contributions came from the maintenance and gardening team who built a functional “Jungle Gym” and finance team who had to solve a series of mind bending problems without a calculator.
But perhaps the event that attracted the most excitement and attention was the bed making competition which saw Tanoa’s housekeeping ladies make beds to specifications and within a time limit.
A lunch was then followed by a hospitalitythemed “amazing race” which ended the day on a high. General Manager of Tanoa, Jason Strickland, said the guests were extremely excited. The C.E.O was so excited she made a suggestion to the Hotel.
“Such was her excitement that she has indicated that this should become an annual event that would include other hotels and restaurants in Samoa,” said Mr. Strickland.
“Liz Gadd too shared her thoughts on the initiative and with her extensive background in training saw great merit in Tanoa Tusitala initiatives that continue the great work of A.P.T.C.”
Trophies and medals were then presented with the final word from Tanoa Chairman, Mr. YP Reddy, underscoring the company’s ethos of family and “our people.”
Here are some images from the competition.
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