Time to say Goodbye- and THANK YOU
Author: Martina Knitter, Mentoring Team Switzerland,
In the year 2000 I have joined the AICR Germany – as Front office Manager in Hamburg, Germany. In fact – I would celebrate 25 years of membership this year.
During these years a lot has changed for me – from moving to different countries and joining the AICR Switzerland section in 2011, re-implemeting AICR Ticino and holding 2 annual Events with the Best Receptionist Competitions here in Lugano (from one with Covid ristrictions) up to bringing a MENTORING PROGRAMM to life and supporting young Receptionists before, during and after their competition (career planning).
What a journey this has been! I have met so many fantastic, unique, kind people: Hospitality units us all!
The mentoring programm was an incredible oppertunity to combine my passion to hospitality with training & development. Last became my new focus after leaving the Hotel Industry and helped me a lot during my time as a mentor for the AICR International.
The Blog was a useful channel communicating this passion and passing on knowledge to new mentors. Celebrating their success made me very proud and I am pleased to see the development of our mentees to great managers and ambassadors for our industy.
Now my next adventure is waiting for me: Moving to the south of Spain with my family and open a new chapter. What will it hold for me?
It leaves me with saying “Thanking you” to you as our readers and the AICR for the possibilities I had.
The Amicale is a very special assosiaction and I will keep in my heart all this beautiful memories of incredible events and very lovley and carring people. Hopefully we can stay in touch!
For the future you can contact Rachel Stevens for mentoring questions or write an e-mail to
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