Hoteliers are being forced to rethink their operating models as the pool of available employees lags well behind increasing demand for hotel stays as the industry looks to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to the system that led to a number of layoffs across the hotel industry. But as demand starts to return and occupancy increases, hoteliers are finding ways to bring back staff.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many companies have opted to send the majority of their workforce to work from home to comply with government regulations aimed to mitigate the spread of the virus.
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, few hoteliers really understood the width and breadth of the crisis.
Among all the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created for the hotel industry, determining layoffs and furloughs of employees was among the toughest for hoteliers. A further complication was determining what support those still on the job would need.
This year's hospitality & leisure management ranking sees a new entrant in the top 10, as Hotelschool The Hague becomes the highest-ranked university from the Netherlands. It isn't the top university in Europe however, as Swiss institutions continue to dominate, with three of the top four schools for hospitality-based there.
Analysts who cover Marriott International said companies don't get stronger by losing emblematic leaders like Arne Sorenson, but the remaining executive leadership team is expected to continue to grow the company.
The Biden administration has proposed a new federal minimum wage of $15 an hour as part of its COVID-19 relief program.
Hospitality union Unite Here has called Omni Hotels & Resorts' use of millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding into question, claiming the luxury hotel chain has failed to rehire workers in line with PPP provisions. Omni has refuted the allegations.
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, the U.S. hotel industry can prepare for the likely changes to come under his administration.
Despite TSA-reported air traffic numbers that reached pandemic records, hotel worker unemployment took a big hit after the Thanksgiving holiday, labor management data form Hotel Effectiveness shows.
The official renaming of the Dedman College of Hospitality at Florida State University from being the Dedman School of Hospitality marked a milestone for the college on Nov. 20.
COVID-19 MAY HAVE reversed some of the progress made in diversity and inclusion in the hospitality, travel and leisure sector, according to a new study from the MBS Group. The report also found that senior women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds will be impacted more than their male and white counterparts.
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to compile our fourth-annual list of the World's Best Employers. We surveyed 160,000 full-time and part-time workers from 58 countries working for businesses with operations in multiple nations or regions.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to upend the global travel industry, but hospitality schools aren't rushing to overhaul their curriculums around how to operate a travel business — yet.
All undergraduate students at the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) - one of the most prestigious hospitality management schools in the world - have been placed in quarantine after several coronavirus outbreaks.
We spoke to Ian Millar, who teaches at the prestigious Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne as a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Technology and manager of the Institute of Business Creativity (IBC). Ian specializes in hospitality technology and is expertly placed to engage with students about new developments and where the industry will develop.
MGM Resorts International will lay off 18,000 furloughed employees nationwide on Monday, company officials said.
In march, tens of millions of American workers—mostly in white-collar industries such as tech, finance, and media—were thrust into a sudden, chaotic experiment in working from home. Four months later, the experiment isn't close to ending. For many, the test run is looking more like the long run.
Hotels near college campuses are looking to students to fill vacant rooms as the coronavirus pandemic casts uncertainty over the fall semester and demand from travelers remains depressed.