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The Apprentice notwithstanding, we’re totally down with hospitality intern programs. If you start early and learn on the job you’re much better placed to succeed in your hotel-world career for years to come. So we were heartened to hear about the latest internship program at New York’s Pod Hotel. There, managing director David Bernstein has introduced a training program for young adults with autism.

Five interns aged 18–21 will work alongside the hotel’s housekeeping staff in the program that kicked off in March. The training is part of the bigger picture at the Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC), which teaches young autistic people life skills and helps them to develop responsibility and establish

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