Programme Overview

YCI operations in Europe were first launched in Poland in 2004 with a Starwood hotel championing a pilot programme. By 2010, YCI in Poland has completed five training programmes and graduated 64 young participants. Six luxury properties in Warsaw featuring brands from leading hotel chains Hyatt, Marriott, Starwood and Reizdor combine efforts to run the YCI training programme each year. Students typically start the programme in October and finish with a graduation ceremony in March the following year.

Open Doors Association, a local charity focused on tackling social exclusion, assists YCI in Poland with the recruitment of participants and the coordination of the programme alongside the hotel coordinators and other partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors.

YCI celebrates the end of its sixth year of operation in Poland

Following an intensive training course facilitated by six leading hotels in Warsaw, 8 young people were presented with certificates of achievement as they successfully completed the Youth Career Initiative (YCI) programme.

The graduation ceremony, hosted by The Westin Warsaw Hotel, was attended by representatives from partner organisations and the five other participating properties: Hyatt Regency Warsaw Hotel, Le Meridien Bristol Hotel, Marriott Warsaw Hotel, Radisson Blu Centrum Warsaw Hotel and Sheraton Warsaw Hotel & Towers.

Programme Overview

YCI operations in Europe were first launched in Poland in 2004 with a Starwood hotel championing a pilot programme. By 2010, YCI in Poland has completed five training programmes and graduated 64 young participants. Six luxury properties in Warsaw featuring brands from leading hotel chains Hyatt, Marriott, Starwood and Reizdor combine efforts to run the YCI training programme each year. Students typically start the programme in October and finish with a graduation ceremony in March the following year.

Open Doors Association, a local charity focused on tackling social exclusion, assists YCI in Poland with the recruitment of participants and the coordination of the programme alongside the hotel coordinators and other partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors.