Grand Mercure Malang Mirama Held Campaign #AccorDiscovHER in the Celebration of “International Women’s Rights Day”

Grand Mercure Malang Mirama celebrated “International Women’s Rights Day” on March 8, 2023 by conducting a special event. This special event is in the form of a global campaign carried out by Accor Group from March 6 to March 12, 2023. The event that was held emerged from diversity and gender equality which is a major challenge for Accor and all heartists. The event aims to raise awareness in showing the existence of women in a career, especially in the hospitality industry.

There are various series of events there, such as Grooming Classes, Workshops, also Aerobics which are carried out internally for all female heartists. The highlight of the event was a workshop with #AccorDiscovHER as the tagline for this activity. The workshop took the theme “Empowering Women Workshop” with two great speakers, Vidia Novitasari (Executive Assistant Manager) and Lilis Mawarida (Cluster Director of Sales) who became Inspired Leader Women Figures. The workshop was guided by Cemi Fitriani Jamal (Learning & Development Coordinator) as the moderator.

Sugito Adhi as General Manager of Grand Mercure Malang Mirama in a hybrid manner opened the event and expressed his hope that by using the theme, Women Empowering, which reflects strong women, this event is expected to be able to make all heartists and women around them enthusiastic to start a successful career, also for women who have start their career still continues to inspire all women. The workshop session was also filled with sharing from the speakers so that the participants who attended got great and interesting experiences.

Lilis Mawarida as Cluster Director of Sales Grand Mercure Malang Mirama & Mercure Surabaya Grand Mirama said, “From this event, I want to inspire women who are struggling with their careers, namely support from family is important, then there is passion and consistency. Of course, we also must be enthusiastic and master what we are doing.”

One of the speakers, Ms. Vidia Novitasari, said that as a guest speaker, she was happy to share and inspire the audience at the event so that the audience is not afraid to dream high and is committed to achieving their existing dreams. She also added that it is important to keep believing in yourself so that others can also believe in us.

In the last session of the event, the participants wrote down their dreams and aspirations on the “Tree of Inspiration” that was on the wall at the workshop. With this event, they hoped that the participants who came could listen to tips and enlightenment from the speakers, especially in a career in the hospitality industry so that it will serve as motivation in the future.

Grand Mercure, the hotel that is used as the venue for the event itself is a hotel that has been present in Asia Pacific for almost 20 years. Grand Mercure comprises more than 55 flagship hotels including Grand Mercure Mysore in India, Grand Mercure Belém Do Pará Brasil and Grand Mercure Rio de Janeiro Riocentro in Brazil. This hotel provides a captivating and interesting hotel experience for domestic and foreign visitors and is part of the Accor Group which is the world’s leading hospitality group consisting of more than 5,300 properties and 10,000 places to eat and drink in 110 countries.