Hyatt Enlists Disruptor Sal Khan To Revolutionize Hospitality Industry Training, Plug 'Skills Gap'

Sal Khan and his Khan Academy, already a disruptive force bringing open-source learning to students worldwide (not to mention a hero of my school-age kids), and Hyatt, the longstanding, growing group of hospitality industry brands, today announced a multi-year partnership to bring learning to Hyatt colleagues and communities around the world. In this partnership with Khan Academy, Hyatt will deliver both hospitality training and what they call “fundamental life skills” to anyone, anywhere, with the hope that this will be of value to a variety of constituencies: