Homework for hospitality: the Weatherdon project winner
A young Sydney local has designed a product that could benefit all accommodation providers and guests.
The Weatherdon Corporation has launched the Weatherdon Project in association with the International College of Management Sydney to foster young talent in the accommodation and hospitality industry and give insight into the design, manufacture and marketing of hospitality products.
The winner had to successfully complete a project brief to develop an innovative and feasible product for the hospitality industry and show how it could be marketed.
Sydney local, Chelsea Loewensohn who is in her second year of a combined Bachelor of Business and Hospitality Management degree was the clear-cut first with her simple and perspicuous luggage rack and scales.
“I travelled overseas with my family when I was younger, more recently stayed in budget places with friends and I have a part-time job in a hotel. This combination of experiences gave me a bird’s-eye view of different markets and their needs. What everyone has in common is the loathing of paying for overweight luggage and not knowing what their baggage weighed until they got to the airport.
“My idea was a luggage rack with inbuilt scales. I haven’t yet had to pay for overweight luggage but I have become expert at juggling clothes between suitcases at the airport in a last minute scramble and wearing, instead of packing, my heavy clothes in all climates,” said Chelsea
Robert Weatherdon, managing director of the Weatherdon Corporation said the project is a way for the company to support the growth of the Australasian accommodation sector.
“Weatherdon’s association with the ICMS aims to encourage a new generation of professionals to share ideas and have a real opportunity to put innovative perspectives into practice,” said Mr Weatherdon.
The winner receives a Mac Pro computer, the opportunity to spend time at Weatherdon’s head office in Sydney for first hand industry insights as well as travel accommodation to attend an industry conference.
Weatherdon Corporation is a leading supplier of customised goods to more than 600 hotels in Australian and New Zealand.
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