Career Fest 2026, taking place throughout October across 100+ countries, builds on a 2025 edition with 12,000+ registrations, focusing on career mobility, AI skills, and leadership development for Radisson's 75,000+ employees.
With 65% of hotels reporting staffing shortages and an 8.6M worker shortfall projected by 2035, the article argues perception and culture gaps matter more than wages in attracting Gen Z.
CHTA's third AI Guidebook edition focuses on workforce implications, offering Caribbean hospitality leaders templates, road maps, and tools to integrate AI responsibly into people management and operations.
Opinion piece argues that great service requires both the right attitude (mindset) and trained language skills (word set), including how to reframe negative responses.
Lecturers at Hotelschool The Hague argue hospitality schools must embed VR simulations, AI prototyping, and Makerspace environments into curricula to close graduates' digital skills gap.
Hospitality Action's annual survey finds 65% of hospitality managers link mental health issues to work, yet most lack formal training to support their teams or themselves.
A 2026 talent strategy guide for hoteliers outlining five pillars: competitive pay, employee experience, career development, technology, and employer branding to win the hospitality talent war.
A DHS shift from Duration of Status to fixed admission dates for J-1 visas creates hidden service continuity risks at luxury hotels before management or ownership notices a problem.
Doug Kennedy's free 40-minute webcast on September 25 covers upselling tactics for front desk and reservations teams, arguing that human conversation now outperforms automated pre-arrival messaging.
Promotion decisions are driven by invisible relationship paths, not merit alone, leaving unseen employees without advocates and formal talent reviews simply ratifying the bias.
A two-part series on designing executive education programmes for international luxury resorts, built around critical cross-departmental decisions rather than generic management content.
AHLA's new report finds 75% of hotel employees move into management within five years, with 200+ career pathways available across an industry supporting 9.1 million U.S. jobs.
HSMAI Foundation names four hospitality students as 2026 Mike Dimond Scholarship recipients, each receiving a $2,000 grant, conference access, and mentorship from an industry executive.
BCHA launched The Check-In, a six-part video series hosted by a UBC student, spotlighting hospitality career paths at hotels across British Columbia.
Hilton Australia ranked No. 1 hospitality workplace by Great Place to Work for companies with 1,000+ employees, covering all four Australasia markets across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
A former hotel worker argues that AI should eliminate drudge work to free staff for high-value guest interactions, not cut headcount, warning that cost-only thinking destroys service quality and accelerates turnover.
Jagruti Panwala, President and CEO of Wealth Protection Strategies and AHLA Executive Committee member, will receive the award at The Lodging Conference 2026 in Phoenix on October 7.
Ahead of International Housekeepers Week, the article makes the case for digital tipping platforms as a year-round financial and workforce tool, citing 35% of hoteliers planning to add digital tipping in 2026.
The author argues hospitality degree programs are failing graduates by not teaching USALI financial reporting, leaving employers to fill a skills gap that belongs in the classroom.
Davidson Hospitality Group's GM Edge program targets high-performing leaders across its portfolio for structured development in operations, financial management, and people culture.