Innisfree Hotels' Project SEARCH programs in Florida have graduated over 50 student interns
and hired nearly a dozen for full-time employment.
GULF
BREEZE, Fla., July 1, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Innisfree Hotels (innisfreehotels.com) prides
itself on being an Employer of Choice in the communities across the
Southeastern U.S. where it owns and manages properties. One of the
ways it stands out is through an inclusive partnership with Project
SEARCH (projectsearch.us), a nationwide program that prepares young
people with significant disabilities for success in competitive
integrated employment.
Through Project SEARCH, interns who are
typically ages 18-22 spend a school year rotating through the
Hilton Garden Inn and the Holiday Inn Resort in Fort Walton Beach, and the Hampton Inn,
Holiday Inn Resort, Fairfield by
Marriott and Hilton Pensacola Beach in Pensacola Beach.
Innisfree Hotels has hosted Project SEARCH sites since 2018,
with current interns working and learning at six properties in
Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola Beach.
Through Project SEARCH, interns who are typically ages 18-22
spend a school year rotating through the Hilton Garden Inn and the
Holiday Inn Resort in Fort Walton
Beach, and the Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Resort, Fairfield by Marriott and Hilton Pensacola
Beach in Pensacola Beach. They
participate in classroom learning on-site as well as on-the-job
training for a variety of roles at the properties: housekeeping,
laundry, maintenance, front desk, and front- and back-of-house food
and beverage positions.
"We work hard to base internships on the students' individual
career interests and skill sets," said Rhiannon Reynolds, Vice President of Operations
at Innisfree Hotels. "They often learn skills for additional jobs
while moving throughout the properties."
To date, over 50 students have graduated through Innisfree
Hotels' Project SEARCH program, with about a dozen accepting
full-time permanent positions.
"Innisfree Hotels believes in supporting a work environment
where every team member feels that they belong, their voices are
heard and their opinions matter," Reynolds said. "Project SEARCH
embodies those values. We are proud to partner with them to help
build the next generation of hospitality professionals."
In addition to Project SEARCH, Innisfree Hotels works with local
Vocational Rehabilitation offices, Okaloosa UP and other
organizations that are focused on providing job skills and training
to people with disabilities. These efforts have been recognized
with the Exceptional Employer Award from the State of Florida, as well as with
proclamations from Okaloosa,
Santa Rosa and Escambia counties.
For more information on Innisfree Hotels, including workplace
culture and career opportunities, visit innisfreehotels.com.
ABOUT INNISFREE HOTELS
For more than three decades, Innisfree Hotels has expertly
developed and managed dozens of hotels in partnership with many of
the world's most-recognized hospitality brands. Today, the company
owns or manages more than 44 entities — about 3,600 rooms — and
employs approximately 2,000 people. Innisfree is the largest
beachfront hotel owner-operator on the Gulf Coast. As a
triple-bottom-line company, Innisfree measures success through
People, Planet and Prosperity. Innisfree, which has about
$1.1 billion of assets under
management and $250 million in annual
hotel revenue, was named one of Hotel Business' top management
companies and top owners & developers in 2022. For more
information, visit innisfreehotels.com.
Media Contact
Kennedy Norton, Innisfree Hotels,
1 8435662994, kennedy@butinpr.com, innisfreehotels.com
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