Wyndham Celebrates Winners Week

Winners Week is a week to recognise the hotel team members for their hard work, dedication and commitment to all that they do each day. Winners Week is a powerful opportunity for celebration, and for hotels to recognise their teams and ultimately drive team member engagement. There is a relationship between recognition and engagement; engagement and team member performance; and team member performance and business performance.  Time and effort invested in team member engagement positively impacts hotel or business performance.

Our hotels by Wyndham in Greater China sub-region recently celebrated Winners Week, read on for some meaningful activities and highlights of what they did!

On the launch day of Winners Week, the hotel gathered team members at the team canteen and held a Launch Party to kick-off this week-long event. Throughout the week, they introduced all the activities that were planned, including Ping Pong, Jump Rope, Sitting Tug of War competitions and more! An active hive of events that fostered much camaraderie amongst team members!  

From 7am to 8am each morning for Winners Week, department heads of the Wyndham Xinyang Downtown were at the team entrance distributing snacks and beverages to team members, including fruit and cake! This brought cheer and a bright start to team members’ work day.

At 8am each morning during Winners Week, the department heads of this hotel gathered to greet and give warm hugs to team members for a good start to the day. They also held inter-departmental sporting activities and challenges, including Tug of War. Fun and games and friendly competition ensued to build team spirit and cheers.

This hotel team participated in Winners Week in an enthusiastic and inclusive way! For the entire week in mid-September, the hotel team went through a slew of activities including department heads making breakfast for team members; a Shining Run around Zhihu Park demonstrating energy and vitality in the team. They learned to make mooncakes from the pastry sous chef, and specially-themed food was served at the team restaurant on various days. Family Day was organised for team members and their families; even free haircuts for team members by professional hairstylists. A football match was also played between Hotel team and Guoxin Holding Group for friendly competition, and finally, mooncake delivery to all team members to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Nice energy, passion and engagement at Wyndham Grand Foshan Gaoming.

Wyndham Garden Nanjing Airport also had a fun and active Winners Week! They started with warm greetings, fruit and juice distribution to team members, followed by a Jinling Food Festival. They held a Smile Collection contest via WeChat where the top-liked team member’s smile/photo winner receives a prize. Nothing like a winning smile, for our hotel guests and team mates. A Hero Meeting was also held for team members to appreciate each other during this time of pandemic, and share thoughts on fighting COVID19. There were also sporting games, yoga class, mooncake making and tasting, and team members’ dinner with the General Manager for interaction. Management Service Day saw department heads put up booths, and using their creativity, attract team members to the booths to serve them. The hotel ended off Winners Week with Movie Time and afternoon tea for team members to relax and enjoy themselves after work.

Wyndham Chongqing Yuelai had some fun ideas as well for Winners Week, including the hotel General Manager taking team members out to the forest for an immersive yoga session, whilst Housekeeping organised a glass-cleaning competition in ‘Today I am the Housekeeper!’ and Front Office thoughtfully prepared lamps for each team member to take home. Alongside these, Engineering and Security departments kindly prepared snacks for the night shift team members, and it all culminated in a fantastic Mid-Autumn Family Day for all, with games and riddles to participate in. Some thoughtful and engaging events by team Wyndham Chongqing Yuelai.

Team Wyndham Jingzhou also worked hard to make everyone a winner during Winners Week, and it was an activity-filled week. They kicked-off the series of events with morning runs for health and fitness, and moved on to public service activities at Jingxianghe Wetland Park where team members collected rubbish and thrash to keep the park clean and green. Team members were encouraged to capture themselves in photos to appreciate oneself and store up good memories, as well as unveiled a new Cultural Wall for the hotel. A Red Cross trainer was also invited to come and give first aid training to team members including CPR, the Heimlich Manouvre and the use of AED. Other days saw them enjoying make-up sessions, team photos, mooncake gifts, a-movie-a-day, and having team members’ children and families to the hotel to see how their parents with role play sessions, and finally, enjoying Family Day together.

Wyndham Qingdao engaged team members during Winners Week with a Product Knowledge Competition. Departments came together and tested each other on product knowledge, allowing the exchange of information, and learning together, to serve guests better. An afternoon tea session of dim sum and milk tea for all marked and celebrated the hotel’s licensing ceremony. There was even a staff concert for team members to compete in. This competition allowed for entertainment, engagement with team members coming together to applaud the talents of their team mates, along with fruit, snacks and drinks. Finally, make up sessions to understand the importance of grooming and presenting oneself well.

Check out some of the amazing entries from the participating hotels by Wyndham in Greater China sub-region including Wingate by Wyndham Haian Chengmai, Wyndham Garden Wenchang Nanguo, Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Wuhan Huangpi, Wingate by Wyndham Sanya Luhuitou, Wyndham Grand Shenzhen, Ramada by Wyndham Suzhou, Wyndham Garden Suzhou, Wyndham Kunming Panlong, Wyndham Garden Lingshui, Wyndham Foshan Shunde, Ramada Encore by Wyndham Hualien, and Ramada by Wyndham Huangshan North:

Coming soon – Winners Week activation from hotels by Wyndham in South East Asia and Pacific Rim sub-region! 

We’re also planning a friendly competition between our hotels! Participating Hotels by Wyndham are invited to post their Winners Week activity videos to TikTok. The hotel that generates the most Likes will be crowned “Winners Week Hotel of the Year” for 2021. Stay tuned for more updates!