A Guide To Education Pathways in the Hotel Industry
The hotel industry is a vast and rapidly evolving sector, offering a wide range of career opportunities for individuals with the right education and skills. Whether you’re just starting your research or looking to advance your career further…
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13,500 US hotel workers hold strike votes over pay and conditions
About 13,500 hotel workers across Boston, Honolulu, Providence and San Francisco will vote on whether to strike this week as they push for significant wage increases and protections against job cuts.
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Empowering growth: Hotel Equities’ learning and development programs
Hotel owner, operator and developer Hotel Equities (HE) is guided by 12 value statements. One of them—“hire an attitude and teach them the business”—has led to the company launching several learning and development programs. These initiatives target…
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Union calls Virgin Hotels’ ‘final’ offer in contract negotiations ‘inadequate’
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas’ latest contract proposal for employees is “unacceptable for workers,” Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said Thursday.
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Less than half of hospitality workers paid for overtime, survey reveals
Nearly two thirds of hospitality staff are not paid extra for working additional hours, according to a new survey.
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In the recently released HSMAI Foundation Special Report: The State of Hotel Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Optimization Talent 2023-2024, the second trend investigates how the gig economy and fractional staffing models are changing talent…
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Legal victory for AHLA: Joint employer rule revision overturned
Kevin Carey, the Interim President & CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), made a statement following the decision by the U.S…
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Ayana Dunlap had her dream job picked out before she even graduated high school…
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Expedia Plunges on CEO Departure - Stock slid 15% on the departure of CEO Peter Kern
Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern is taking a vacation, but will the rest of us be able to afford one? Kern will stay until May 1 and expressed confidence in his successor, Ariane Gorin…
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Two-thirds of hotels report staff shortages despite record wages
More than two-thirds of U.S. hotels have experienced staff shortages in 2024 despite raising wages to an all-time high since the COVID-19 pandemic, an industry survey shows…
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HR situation in the hospitality sector to get worse as hotel schools go empty
While the hotel industry is on a growth trajectory in the country, the human capital required to support that growth would be falling behind if the figures of admissions to the hotel management colleges in the country are any indication…
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Aimbridge Hospitality Announces Executive Leadership Transitions
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aimbridge Hospitality, a leading, global hospitality management company and the world's largest third-party hotel operator, today announced the transition plan for Michael J…
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CEO change imminent at Kempinski
Kempinski CEO Bernold Schroeder, who led the independent luxury hotel chain through one of its most challenging periods, is understood to be leaving the company in April 2024…
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Domestic hotel industry will see the fastest outflow of skilled manpower: InterGlobe Hotels CEO
'That is an interesting trend that we are not talking (about),' says J.B. Singh. InterGlobe is better known as the parent company of India’s largest airline, Indigo…
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A hotel worker's 3-hour commute tells the story of LA's housing crisis and her strike
Brenda Mendoza was born and raised in Los Angeles' Koreatown, just a 10-minute drive from the upscale JW Marriott hotel where she's been working for 14 years…
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Hotel industry feeling staffing pressures from ‘brain drain’
THE hotel industry is losing some of its best staff to foreign employers as well as to Philippine call centers, an industry association said…
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Sandra Oliva Joins Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center as Hotel Manager
Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center introduces Sandra Oliva as Hotel Manager, marking ten years of her tenure with the global brand…
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Baccarat Hotel New York appoints Rick Corcoran as General Manager
NEW YORK, NY – Rick Corcoran has been named General Manager of the Forbes Five Star AAA Five Diamond Baccarat Hotel New York…
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