We want every one of our 26,000 employees to be a food travel expert. Our training and development programs, range from customer satisfaction and orientation, through to our comprehensive succession planning and talent management process, focusing on the individual development of SSP's managers.

As part of our drive to provide the best possible learning environment and expertise for our staff, SSP has developed a partnership with leading restaurant and hotel school Rosen College, part of the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Rosen College has the world’s fastest growing hospitality program, with 2,200 undergraduate staff, 43 full time faculty members and four different degree programs.

More than 350 SSP managers worldwide will complete their industry renowned Multi-Site Management Program over the next two years. As part of our commitment to investment in our people the program will focus upon core business skills and improving the consistency of our operations, enabling us to attract and retain the very best talent to SSP. This world class faculty will teach a curriculum carefully customized with SSP. It will pilot in late Spring 2008.

"We have assembled a line up of talented people that any organization would be enviable of - we see the multi site program as harnessing that knowledge and expertise, as well as developing our people,”

Les Cappetta, CEO, SSP America.