IN THIS ISSUE 3. Company News 6. FTI News 7. Motivational Qoute 8. Employee Milestones 9. A Little Ray of Sunshine 10. A typical day with... 12. Sudoku Game 13. Vacancy Page 14. Thank you
Company News Being fluent in the most current trends in t chnology is crucial if we want to transform our business in the workplace of the future.
Digital Skills Bootcamp
Having said this, we are glad to announce that a group of our staff members are currently attending a course related to digital skills. This course is being delivered by EY Malta in collaboration with eSkills Malta Foundation. It is composed of six sessions and will cover a range of existing and applied aspects of digital transformation enablers including, Cloud, Application Modernisation, Modern Workplace, Agile, Data and Analytics, and Process automation with robotics. Following participation, partakers will have an increased consciousness of digital skills and a better comprehension of existing and emerging technologies. The sessions will also deliver an indication of how cyber threats affect organisations and how these hazards can be moderated, as well as appreciate the significance of Security by design.
Launch of St James Hospital Offers
With October just right the corner, we‘ll all be expecting Breast October followed by Movember campaigns. This year, St James Hospital are once again pleased to offer all our staff members different screening packages for a reduced price. More details to be circulated soon.
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FTI News The FTI youngsters visit our bees People were amazed, asked about, but also helped diligently; last week, the children of various colleagues visited our bees for the first time together with beekeeper Jürgen. Jürgen, who is himself a father of two sons, dedicated a lot of time for the little ones, but of course also for the big ones (and their many questions). One of the beehives was opened and they had a look into the home of the FTI Group’s bees. Some of the little ones, out of curiosity, turned the hives upside down, but thanks to the protective equipment, they didn’t even get a single sting. Jürgen explained exactly where the brood is, where the honey is, and why a beekeeper sometimes has to feed them. In order to protect the bees from the upcoming cold season, a small board was cut and placed on top of the hive so they keep warm Now our bees are well prepared for the winter!
The little ones exploring the world of bees at our headquarters.
Summer vacation in Greece possible until end of November 2021 FTI extends the holiday season on Crete and Rhodes, adding a free rental car when booking between September 15 to October 15, 2021.
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Greece has ceased to be a high risk area since September 12th, hence another reason to enjoy your holidays in Hellas . FTI is therefore extending the season on Crete and Rhodes, so that selected FTI partner hotels will open again this year beyond the summer season and until the end of November. In total, customers can choose from almost 20 hotels. In Crete this includes the Candia Park Village in Agios Nikolaos, which was completely renovated in 2020 and is perfect for family holidays. The Arina Beach Resort in Kokkini Hani, only a few minutes from Crete’s capital, Heraklion, is also available on Crete and can be booked for the extension of the season, and impresses with its direct location on the sandy beach. Also on Rhodes are the LABRANDA Kiotari Miraluna Resort and the LABRANDA Blue Bay Beach and Blue Bay Garden with a spa area and a large water park.
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, You got to put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton
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Employee Milestone by Andrew Micallef
Andrew Micallef has recently joined the Meeting Point International BCC team and gave us the best description of ‘Passion’ for him. “My passion is for storytelling, and that can be about anything and found on an innumerable variety of media. My absolute favourite are cinema and gaming, as they both provide the most immersive storytelling experience. Watching great television shows like Peaky Blinders, or great films like Interstellar, or playing great games like Breath of the Wild are amongst my favourites. The ability stories have to focus your attention and give you something to enjoy and think about in an artful way is incomparable. Stories told by masterful storytellers can stay with you for a lifetime; and when stories are played out in cinematic or in gameplay form, you can immerse yourself in a world or a story fabricated purely by ideas and creativity, whose sole purpose is to entertain and absorb you within itself.”
Breath of the Wild
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Peaky one Blinders (On the left: Daniel during of the running competitions organised here in Malta.)
A Little Ray of Sunshine One of the Company’s largest teams, contributed to help others in need and this was all about the FTI Suppliers Relations team. During the month of September, the FTI Supplier Relations team, collected and donated money to princess Kate who was diagnosed at a very young age with a genetic and rare disease named ‘Tatton Brown Rahmann Syndrome’. We would like to thank all the colleagues who donated, you surely do make the world a better place! Well done people.
One of our staff members, Antonella Camilleri, together with the little one, Kate. A Little Ray of Sunshine | THE VOICE | 09
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Bubbly, fun, energetic, and a mother of two,. This month we met with Ann Christine Tanti who has been Malta since 2003 and working with Meeting Point Malta since 2004.
She is a well believer in prepping anything the night before, including the children lunches, her h breakfast (if duty the next day) and her morning coffee (setting up a timer to her coffee machine, right be wakes up)… I know that’s so organised!! Nothing goes unplanned with her .
Ann is not quite a morning person, so please do not speak to her straight away. Her routine goes by first having a quick check in her E-mail inbox, coffee before saying ‘good morning’ and That is her motivation and boost to start up her day, also the only time she has for herself. When she do she would feel tired all day long! When the scholastic year starts, she also sends her children to schoo little one to the nursery. It is all mentally and that is why she is so positive towards life.
Work…she loves, loves, loves what she do! Being the Head of Representatives here in Malta. When in the tourism industry there is no working hours. She starts once she opens her eyes by checking her em see whether there were any emergency correspondence that had to be solved as soon as possible, o that, she heads to gym as mentioned earlier. If any emergency pops up, she postpones her gym session time. If there are any difficulties she is the first contact person for her team so she needs to be available Even though she is the head of the team, she considers herself as a front liner. She loves being out in meeting all the staff, and our clients. This helps her constantly understand the situation of the whole o and not forget what the actual hands-on work involves. An ongoing learning process is very important fo she always grasps on new things to improve herself and we believe this is what got her to her current r
Weekend is dedicated to her 12 year old daughter Skye Aisha and the little one Neyna Liv , and of cour time because that is also very important. You will not find her staying inside, she has everything sche jam packed fun weekends. During summer it was always beach, beach, beach and during winter more on walks and bike rides.
Her life moto is ‘ALWAYS LIVE YOUR DREAMS, IF YOU CAN’T DREAM ANYMORE AND HAVE NOTH ACHIEVE, IT IS SIMPLY SAD.’
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Special Thanks to Kevin Paris - Chief Executive Officer Alexander Barbara - Newsletter Editor Rachel Falzon - Newsletter Co-ordinator Samantha Bugeja AnnMarie Buhagiar Vincent Ciantar Katharina Frick Andrew Micallef Ann Christin Tanti
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