At the virtual hotel opened by Rixos Hotels in the virtual world of Second Life, everything operates in the same way as in real Rixos Hotels in Turkey. The hotel also plans to choose its future personnel from among the personnel who prove to be successful in the second life
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=82950
Turkey's Rixos Hotel Group, a luxury chain, is opening its latest luxury hotel in “Second Life (SL),” an Internet based virtual world launched in 2003 that now has over eight million registered users.
Upon its completion, Rixos Hotel Group will be the highest investor in the SL with golf areas, entertainment and other social facilities. The hotel will choose its future personnel from among registered users who prove to be successful in the virtual world. The hotel's operation will be the same as in the real world and will also enable students studying tourism to virtually run the various departments of the hotel.
“As we couldn't open the hotel on time in real life, we decided to open one up in the virtual world,” said Fettah Tamince, chairman of the hotel chain.
He said they opened the hotel in Amsterdam in the SL and that there was no difference between opening a hotel in reality or virtually. “We are watching the developments, changing trends and needs in the world. Virtual investment is the result of this kind of vision.”
Job opportunity:
Tamince expects the benefit of finding good personnel for their real hotels in Turkey from among the virtual employees.
“The hotel in the virtual world should be managed in the same way as it is handled in the real world. A professional team will thus work at the virtual hotel and they will do the same work as they had to do in real hotels,” he said. “So, our project will offer job opportunities for those who are studying tourism and want to work in our hotel chain.”
The services and their quality will be the same as those offered in real Rixos hotels and discounted holiday rates will be offered to customers who preferred to stay at the virtual Rixos. A 5,000-member team currently runs the hotel.
The Rixos Hotel World, which is built on an island belonging to the Rixos Hotel Group, has a 40-room hotel, spa and wellness center, meeting hall, shopping centers, restaurant and French Street.