Olive Barnett Award up for Grabs

Young people in the industry offered great opportunity for career development

ENTRIES are open for the 2008 Olive Barnett award, the prize for which includes £3000 in grant money over the next three years, and a place on the summer programme at Ecole Htteli?re de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Open to under 30’s working in customer facing roles in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries on a daily basis, entrants must write a 500 word response to the following question:

"Climate change, the environment, `going green` and being a `good` employer, are increasingly on everyone`s agenda. If you were asked to put together a strategy for your company to embrace these issues as part of a Corporate Social Responsibility programme, what would your top four priorities be and why?

Explain how you would ensure that you were balancing the interests of the business with a more altruistic approach, particularly how you would demonstrate value to the customer."

Have you got what it takes to win place on the prestigious weeklong Lausanne Executive Education - Summer Programme at the world-famous Ecole Htteli?re for Summer 2008.

Answers should be sent along with an up-to-date CV and an employer reference or testimonial, by the 19th May 2008 to The Olive Barnett Award, 3 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LP, or simply visit www.springboarduk.org.uk/olive

Eight finalists will be chosen to make a career presentation in May.