.  Shaza Al Madina Hotel graduates 52 trainees from STEP learning and development programme

Shaza Al Madina, the multiple award-winning luxury hotel, has proudly announced that it has graduated 52 trainees who successfully completed the Shaza Talent Enhancement Programme (STEP). 

“Shaza Al Madina is committed to contributing to the development and growth of the Kingdom’s thriving tourism and hospitality industry by employing and training talented individuals in order for them to move up to the next level of their careers in this vital sector of the Kingdom’s economic diversification, which is a key component of Vision 2030 as well as the Ministry of Tourism’s Vision 2021,” said Amjad Irshaidat – Country General Manager of Shaza KSA. 

The 80 hours-long training program was held in the Mysk Meeting Room in Shaza Al Madina, where it started on 01st November and continued till 30th November 2019 when the 52 participants graduated, of which approximately half are Saudi nationals.

Adding his comments, training manager Ahmed Awais Kiani, said: “STEP is a Shaza initiative designed to address the learning and development needs of the trainees.  The program is divided in various modules including leadership, entrepreneurship, empowerment and financial management, providing the participants with a broad base for the development of their future careers.”

STEP in an extension of the Shaza ETHOS Programme, which provides selected employees with interactive opportunities to learn, develop grow and excel under professional training by departmental specialists.

Set just outside the haram, Shaza Al Madina offers its employees a beautiful working environment, in which guests from around the world enjoy the unique Shaza experience that combines sophistication and location in effortless style, creating an intimate and discreetly luxurious ambience that makes Shaza the first choice of the most discerning travellers. 

Shaza Al Madina embodies the very essence of the Shaza brand, which is renowned throughout the Middle East for offering true Arabian hospitality inspired by the legendary caravanserais stationed along the fabled Silk Route of bygone days.

Shaza is a member of Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, bringing together more than 35 brands with over 550 hotels in 78 countries. GHA’s award-winning loyalty programme, DISCOVERY, provides over 15 million members exclusive opportunities to immerse themselves in local culture wherever they travel.