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The finance department at the Kempinski Grand & Ixir Hotel Bahrain City Centre were crowned winners of the first round of the Kempinski Regional Middle East and Africa Leading Quality Assurance (LQA) Olympics 2012.
The first inter-departmental competition of its kind, the event was held in keeping with the spirit of the London Summer Olympics and was Kempinski Hotels’ own version of the Games for its staff in the Middle East and Africa region.
General manager Stephan Kaminski said: “Kempinski yet again comes up with a remarkable global initiative for its staff in terms of team building and group knowledge, shown through the first round of the LQA Olympics 2012 challenge, which brings the individual, the departments and the whole hotel group together to embrace Kempinski DNA values. Congratulations to the Kempinski Bahrain finance department team for winning the inter-departmental round.
“As LQA champions of Kempinski Grand & Ixir Hotel Bahrain City Centre, the finance team will go on to represent our property in the Kempinski Regional Middle East and Africa LQA Olympics 2012, facing the winning teams from 15 other properties throughout the region.”
Ten of the hotel’s 14 departments competed in six teams, donning creative outfits and performing inventive songs and dances representative of each department. After four rounds of questions covering LQA standards, Global Hotel Alliance, the London Olympics and Kempinski Hotels, the teams from the front office and finance departments battled it out for the title.
The finance department team received a trophy, a signed and framed photo collage and gift certificates for their achievement during a ceremony attended by staff from all departments.
LQA refers to the standard of service that 5-star hotels worldwide adhere to, in order to ensure the highest quality in their product and services. LQA specialises in providing quality assurance audits, benchmarking analysis and training services to the luxury hospitality industry.
