Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, is recruiting for 30 new hospitality roles.
The world-class conference and banqueting facility has recently brought its hospitality offering in-house under the leadership of recently appointed Head of Hospitality, Lloyd Jackson, as well as established Executive Head Chef, Alastair Fullerton, who have a combined over 50 years’ experience in the sector.
Since opening, it has hosted over 1,000 events, ranging from meetings, exhibitions, gala dinners, conferences and signature events, such as MTV Sounds and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Red Carpet event and served guests including Her Majesty The Queen, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TITANIC director James Cameron and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Tim Husbands MBE, Chief Executive of Titanic Belfast, commented, “If you have a passion for service– you could have the ‘Titanic-factor’ and join our award-winning team! At Titanic Belfast, we are preparing for a busy event season ahead, and are adding staff to our established integrated team. We value our staff as one of key assets and reasons for success. To ensure our world-class standards are met and maintained, all Titanic Belfast employees go through a robust preparation programme, including substantial on the job and bespoke customer service training under the direction of our new Head of Hospitality, Lloyd Jackson and Executive Head Chef, Alastair Fullerton.”
The roles will be across all areas of the hospitality department servicing the flexible suites located across the fifth and sixth floor of Titanic Belfast, which can cater for between 50 – 1,000 guests, as well as the Bistro 401 and The Galley Café.
Titanic Belfast was recently awarded a ‘Gold Standard’ Investor in People accreditation, which is acknowledged UK-wide as the most successful framework for business improvement through people.
In the first three years, Titanic Belfast generated £105 million in additional tourism spend for the Northern Ireland economy and has sustained around 893 jobs each year in the wider economy. Full details of the posts are available at www.titanicbelfast.com.
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Photo Caption: Titanic Belfast’s Chief Executive, Tim Husbands MBE, Head of Hospitality, Lloyd Jackson and Executive Head Chef serve up 30 new jobs. Full details of all posts are available at www.titanicbelfast.com.
About Titanic Belfast
Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor building featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the City and people which made her. It is the World’s Largest Titanic exhibition.
The building houses temporary exhibits, a banqueting suite, education and community facilities, catering and retail space, and a basement car park. Visitors learn about the construction of RMS Titanic and the wide and rich story of Northern Ireland’s industrial and maritime heritage.
Supported by the Northern Ireland Executive, Titanic Belfast is a unique public/private partnership funded by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour and Titanic Quarter Ltd. It is operated by Titanic Belfast Ltd and owned by the Titanic Foundation Ltd.
Useful links:
• Titanic Belfast: www.titanicbelfast.com
• The Explorers Club: http://www.explorers.org
• Belfast City Council: http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events/Event-36148.aspx
• Visit Belfast: http://visit-belfast.com/
• Titanic Quarter: http://www.titanic-quarter.com/news-events
• Northern Ireland Tourist Board: http://www.nitb.com/
• Titanic Foundation Limited: http://www.titanic-foundation.org/
For information on Titanic Belfast please contact:
Sarah Hamilton-Cardy, PR and Communications Executive, Titanic Belfast
Tel: +4428 9076 6380 / E: sarahhamiltoncardy@titanicbelfast.com
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