Hospitality Web Site Launched

According to Grand Times magazine’s member news published by the Hilton Grand Vacations Club resort they have just recently launched a new Web site found at behospitable.com.

I found their first article to be an invaluable site for those of us who are starting to entertain guests in our homes, as well as, a mighty resource for the professional host and hostess who desires to make their clients feel wanted and at home. It is truly remarkable that they have managed to include an interactive United States map that even highlights the different customs of certain areas so that the host/hostess will be aware of what might be expected, such as welcoming leis in
Hawaii or slippers in the north for those visitors whose shoes are muddy. To further enhance their site they include an index that allows visitors to share their hospitable anecdotes and to share and collect new ideas for encouraging hospitality in their families and communities.

One of the site’s features is the be hospitable show, a video-cast with Brooke Channon, host of HGTV’s “Sensible Chic.” The show spotlights courteous acts in a series of short vignettes, which can be found on the home page.

One of the things I like the most about the site was the area dedicated to kids and families where the reader can learn some tips that included:

• Smile at and talk to elderly people, they know a lot that you don’t.
• Always close every door gently.
• Take the smaller piece of cake/pie/candy, sometimes.
• Choose a family charity and donate to it every year.
• Make sure you know the mane of your mail person and garbage collector.
• Put heart stickers on the bills you mail out, because even the people who open your bills are human beings.
• Bring flowers to your local library.

The site even offers coloring pages for kids that show hospitable acts, like sharing a blanket, singing a song, asking someone to dance, or applauding and holding the door open.

Of course like all web sites you may find yourself listening to a speech from Conrad Hilton which is a plug for his hotels and resorts but overall the site is quite well done. This includes their discussion of the role that they are playing in the be hospitable that includes a rundown of each Hilton branch’s involvement in numerous programs from the “Grow a School Garden” program to support for the National Coalition for the Homeless and a concern for global warming.

In general, however, I really appreciated what I found on this web site so if you want to make your family and the world more hospitable you can take the first step by clicking on behospitable.com and reading what it has to offer.

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