This year for World Down Syndrome Day on 21st of March, we joined the global Down Syndrome International campaign “Together Against Loneliness”, to highlight how employment helps combat isolation. Why do people feel lonely? When they are not supported to build and maintain connections with others, when they are present but not included. Did you know [...]
🇹🇷 Travel with us to Turkey, where 3 notable businesses have obtained a Silver Label in 2025. These members of the Valueable Network are showing how inclusive employment strengthens teams, enhances service quality, and positively shapes workplace culture. Below are some real life comments from the managers and hotel staff who are making these opportunities a reality. Mercure [...]
GENERAL INFORMATION Address: Altunizade Mah. Kisikli Cad, Altunizade, Oymacı Sk. No:9, 34662 Üsküdar/İstanbul, Türkiye Access their Website Here. Remarkable for its ideal location on Asian part of Istanbul, Mercure Istanbul Altunizade Hotel offers high-quality services. After a busy trip, soothing spa, massage and Turkish bath pleasure revitalize the body and soul. Hotel's [...]
Working with hotel chains remains a key priority for the Valueable Network. In fact, chains have a unique capacity to scale inclusive practices across multiple locations and teams. By embedding inclusion at group level, they can create lasting impact well beyond a single hotel. On the 20th and 27th January 2026, Valueable delivered two online training sessions to the new chain: NH [...]
Meininger City Hostel & Hotel joined Valueable Network in 2024 and has proudly obtained the Silver Label recognition for their commitment to disability inclusion. Founded in Berlin in 1999, MEININGER Hotels operate 36 hybrid hotels across 26 European cities, combining the comfort and reliability of a budget hotel with the social openness of a hostel. Their concept offers affordable, central accommodation [...]
In October 2025, as part of their first mobility within the Valueable Network, two young French trainees — Melchior and Flavio — spent three weeks working in the restaurant of the INNSiDE Milano Torre GalFa. As one of their hosts, Celeste Cerere, Food & Beverage Manager, shares her experience of welcoming them into the team. [...]
Trisomie 21 Vendée and La Formation Gourmande joined the Valueable Network in June 2025 — and they didn’t waste any time getting started! In October 2025 they already sent their first trainees abroad for a hands-on experience in hospitality. Two young trainees, Melchior (20) and Flavio (21), both students at La Formation Gourmande, completed a [...]
The fifth mobility experience of AIPD Nazionale’s “Mobilità all’estero 2024” project has officially begun!From 1 to 19 October 2025, trainees from the AIPD Lecce and AIPD Potenza sections are taking part in an international internship at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Limerick, Ireland - which is part of the iNua Hotel Group, a proud [...]
GENERAL INFORMATION Address: Goetheallee 11, 22765 Hamburg, Germany Access their Website Here. This MEININGER Hotel Hamburg City Center is in the center of the city, right next to Altona train station. It is an affordable and comfortable property that allows our guests to visit the best attractions in Hamburg with ease via [...]
The Valueable Network was highly commended at the Disability Smart Award 2024 for their work to improve the lives of disabled people. The Valueable Network was highly commended in the Disability Smart Global Disability Inclusion category at an awards ceremony in London on 30 April, hosted by Business Disability Forum and held in partnership with Bloomberg. [...]
