HUMAN RESOURCES

OUR MISSION

To be perceived and acknowledged as the leading hotel in Istanbul by consistently exceeding our guests expectations through unified teamwork,demonstrating innovation, dynamism, attention to detail and a commitment to excellence.

To uphold a totally customer focused philosophy and to establish an image of excitement, experiment and world class quality.

To establish longterm key client relationships that result in the hotel consistently sustaining above market share.

To maximize our profitability for our owners with a longterm vision, whilst maintaining close bonds with all levels of local community.

To be a caring and motivational employer, attracting skilled, professional high performers and offering them challenging and rewarding opportunities for personal growth.

EMPLOYMENT PROCESS

Our aim is, in addition to our mission in becoming the leading hotel in Istanbul, working with employees skilled enough to assist us in reaching this goal.

Our Employment Process: All applications sent to us by e-mail and fax are examined by our Human Resources Department. Applicants with required qualities are asked to participate in an interview, regarding open positions. In times when there are no available positions for applicants with required qualities, their files are kept in our databank in full confidentiality. When available, their files are reevaluated. All applicants are informed by email, phone or letter about their application.

SALARIES

The salaries are adjusted according to scales in the wake of sectoral wage research

TRAINING

New employees in our hotel attend a general orientation program. In this program, the hotel is fully introduced to the employees. A full brief in detail is held regarding our hotel’s history, rules and terms of employment.

Apart from the orientation program for beginners, there are various occupational training and personal training programs. To improve our employees’ English level, foreign language courses are also given.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

In order that our employees can spend time together, outside working hours too, social activities are organized. These include bowling, backgammon, table tennis tournaments, boat trip on the Bosphorous during the summer and Staff Ball during the winter.

COMMUNICATION

Communication is an important issue in our establishment.

Every month, we regularly hold a Communication Meeting attended by a representative from each department. The needs of employees and problems that affect their work are shared, solutions are sought.
We regularly hold a staff party at the end of every month. During the staff party employees of the month, promoted / transferred staff and new recruited employees are announced.

To further increase communication, the General Manager invites department representatives for lunch or dinner within the year. He listens to their requests and answers their question.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

All our employees’ performance is evaluated after the first 3 months. The manager and the employee have face to face interviews and the employee’s performance, teamwork adaptability and communication skills during the 3 month period are evaluated.

There is also another performance evaluation for all employees, the yearly performance evaluation.
This evaluation is made for various title groups with separate evaluation forms and the interviews are held directly with the managers. Employees and managers find the opportunity to evaluate the whole year and exchange views.

Our Safe Tourism Certificate

All our employees’ performance is evaluated after the first 3 months. The manager and the employee have face to face interviews and the employee’s performance, teamwork adaptability and communication skills during the 3 month period are evaluated.

There is also another performance evaluation for all employees, the yearly performance evaluation.
This evaluation is made for various title groups with separate evaluation forms and the interviews are held directly with the managers. Employees and managers find the opportunity to evaluate the whole year and exchange views.

Vaccination Campaign

As part of Safe Tourism Certification Program, we have joined Tourism Personnel Vaccination Campaign. For safety and well-being of our guests and colleagues, all hotel personnel have been vaccinated.

About Covid Test

COVID-19 test done at the test centers, airports or in their hotels. If you prefer to be done at the airports, you should be there 7 hours before your flight. You will receive the results in 5 hours. The Healthcare Institution we have agreed is MedHome Laboratories where you may have your COVID-19 test. You may give your test sample at the hotel for an agreed certain fee. We recommend that our guests residing abroad have their COVID-19 tests done 48 hours in advance so that they are not affected by the intensity.