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Mirasari Halim’s mother kindly<br />
sent us some news about her<br />
daughter: “Mirasari studied<br />
in Le Bouveret from 1990 to<br />
1992. After graduation, she<br />
joined the Jakarta Hilton Hotel<br />
in <strong>In</strong>donesia and later opened<br />
her own bakery, specializing<br />
in American brownies and<br />
cookies. She is now known<br />
as the Cookie Lady and bakes<br />
“the Best Brownies in Town”.<br />
As she is a work-alcoholic, I<br />
have pleasure sending you<br />
some news about her. It would<br />
be fun if some old study friends<br />
would get in touch with her.”<br />
tcltoobe1@hotmail.com<br />
Sunita Harris remembers her student days: “<strong>In</strong> January 1990,<br />
I travelled from London to start my fi rst year at IHCR. This was<br />
very exciting! I enjoyed our service classes with Mr Santos and<br />
Mr Giovannini. Both of them were great lecturers. I will always<br />
remember how they made us cross the road carrying a service<br />
tray piled with cups and plates! The trick was to hold the tray<br />
above our shoulders without spilling anything! My in-training in<br />
Leukerbad gave me an understanding of the real work world. Our<br />
graduation was on 18 October 1991 and my wedding was on the<br />
following day. Most of my classmates attended the ceremony at<br />
the Port-Valais church, as well as the reception at the Rive-Bleue<br />
Hotel. My husband and I returned to England, where I worked<br />
in the hotel industry for approximately three years, until our fi rst<br />
child was born. I have now worked as Customer Service Manager<br />
for a software company, for 9 years. I am known to be a very<br />
dedicated and loyal employee, and this is all due to my fantastic<br />
training and experience at «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>». Life in Switzerland made<br />
me understand the importance of time keeping, of professionalism<br />
and job satisfaction! Thank you «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>»!” It was a great<br />
pleasure for us to welcome Sunita and her family to Switzerland<br />
for a short visit in spring! sunita@wolfram.co.uk<br />
Hakan Hendekli writes from Atlanta, Georgia, where he works as<br />
Head Chef at Chateau Elan Winery and Resorts’ French fi ne dining<br />
restaurant “Versailles”. “Thanks for the education that made all<br />
of us climb up the ladder faster than anyone around! Our resort<br />
is always looking for interns, so if any of your current students is<br />
interested, please feel free to give them my e-mail address and I<br />
will help them as much as I can.” Hakan.hendekli@ritz.edu<br />
Anders Karlsson works for American Express in Sweden and<br />
summarizes his job in fi ve words: Strategic, Analytic, Diplomatic,<br />
Challenging and Motivating. “What is the fi rst thing you think<br />
of when some one says “American Express”? Undoubtedly you<br />
Flying High after «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>»<br />
Lynn Chen<br />
Some of us have our feet fi rmly planted on the ground, but<br />
Lynn Chen, who now lives and works in Canada, literally<br />
took to the skies a few years after graduating and has<br />
been traveling the world ever since.<br />
<strong>In</strong> November, I will take up my new position as <strong>In</strong>fl ight Service<br />
Manager with Cathay Pacifi c Airways and will relocate to Toronto<br />
as my main route will be Toronto to Hong Kong. I am very proud<br />
to work for Cathay Pacifi c Airways. I have been fl ying for many<br />
years now but it took a few years to “get off the ground”.<br />
When I graduated from «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» in 1994, I joined the<br />
Shangri-La Hotel in Taipei. During two and a half years I learned<br />
a lot from the front offi ce and in guest relations. I also had the<br />
privilege to join their management-training course run over two<br />
months in Beijing as well as being part of the task force team<br />
for the pre-opening Trader Hotel in China.<br />
With my education, being able to speak French and my experience<br />
in the hospitality industry, I was able to move to Canada in 1997.<br />
Not long after moving there, I found a job in Vancouver at the<br />
Sutton Place Hotel. During this time, I was also offered a position<br />
as Flight Purser with Cathay Pacifi c Airways and decided to “take<br />
to the skies”. Since then I have been in the airline industry and<br />
have been promoted to Senior Purser. I really enjoy my fl ying<br />
experiences as I can travel around the world with a whole lot<br />
of freedom.<br />
I’m very grateful for the unique experiences I had in Switzerland<br />
where I was able to learn how to work with people from different<br />
nationalities. Living in Canada, my second home, has also been<br />
wonderful.<br />
Please contact me in Toronto if you are in the area! Since I am<br />
a foreigner in this city, I would love to have some local contacts<br />
with «<strong>César</strong> <strong>Ritz</strong>» alumni!<br />
My e-mail is sunshinelpc@yahoo.com.<br />
Lynn Li-Ping Chen<br />
Lynn in the cockpit with the pilots<br />
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