Cinnamon Island Alidhoo wins Pata award for education and training

Cinnamon Island Alidhoo was conferred the prestigious Grand PATA award for the 'Education and Training' category at a presentation luncheon in Hyderabad, India.

Titled 'We shared and we cared', the Cinnamon Island Alidhoo award-winning project is a new School of Hospitality at its premises.

The initiative began as an energetic local recruitment drive and gradually snowballed into an unprecedented opportunity for women and young people of the Barah and Utheem islands in the Maldives, to transform themselves into well-trained hoteliers. Starting this year, the resort's parent company, Keells Hotel Management Services Limited, invested to operate a hotel school in which the curriculum is focused on providing the youth of the islands neighbouring Cinnamon Island Alidhoo with skills that would equip them to enter the industry.

In an economy which revolves around the hospitality industry, the School of Hospitality is indeed a boon to the population, endowing the interested with the proficiency and expertise to break into the industry and contribute to society. It represents an exciting phase in the lives of these individuals: training womenfolk, enhancing their confidence and developing excellent employees who would be solid team members in a dynamic workplace.

Sector Head - Resort Hotels and Executive Vice President- John Keells Group, Jayantissa Kehelpannala said, "We are delighted to receive this PATA award, for it is a reflection of the strength and spirit of the brand.