The partnership will focus on joint initiatives to enhance skills development and professional training for high school students entering the tourism sector.
The six-month program launches in Riyadh in January 2026, targeting Saudi Arabia's projected 2.7 million hospitality jobs by 2025.
Hotels with dedicated sustainability teams jumped from 2% to 59% between 2022-2024, while 71% of workers now consider environmental records in job decisions.
Research identifies 21 key factors for career mobility in lodging, revealing significant gaps between employee importance ratings and actual industry performance.
Analysis of BLS data reveals Black professionals declined from 11.3% to 9.5% of hospitality leadership roles between 2022-2024, with only 2.1% holding director-to-CEO positions.
Report reveals U.S. hotels cut labor hours by 7-15% across departments while maintaining profitability despite wage increases up to 5.9%.
Maestro promotes onsite training as superior to remote learning for hotel staff development, citing better engagement and real-world practice.
The study analyzed thousands of U.S. hotels and found operators cut hours per occupied room 7-15% while increasing headcount 4-9%, improving productivity without service cuts.
Mews executives share how hotels can adopt tech industry recruitment practices, including employer branding, pay transparency, and social media channels to combat 70-80% turnover rates.
Despite reaching record workforce levels, the industry faces 70-80% annual turnover in hotels and restaurants, with QSR exceeding 100%.
Kennedy Training Network offers free 40-minute webcast series on sales techniques, starting with December 19 session on moving beyond rate-focused selling to experience-based value propositions.
UN Tourism and AWE released five practical steps for tourism businesses to improve accessibility, targeting a market of 1.3 billion people with disabilities.
Accor has hired 35 people with cognitive disabilities across Australia through its Diversity Pathways program, partnering with Flinders University.
Shiji Q3 2025 data shows positive staff mentions boost hotel review scores by 0.5-0.6 points globally, proving human connection drives guest satisfaction even as AI handles routine tasks.
The article benchmarks successful hospitality companies like Ritz-Carlton and Marriott to identify team-building practices that drive retention and productivity.
The article provides hotels with practical steps to train staff on recognizing trafficking signs and establishing reporting protocols to protect guests and avoid legal liability.
Accor's Adrian Williams was named Australasian Hotelier of the Year while the company claimed Accommodation Chain of the Year for the fourth consecutive time.
Accor will sell 5,000+ limited-edition socks across Australian hotels with all proceeds funding additional beds in domestic violence shelters.
Penn State study of 10,000+ hospitality leaders shows women's representation stagnant at senior levels while Black leadership declined from 2.2% to 2.1% over three years.
My best sales person quits. Not for more money. Not for a promotion. Not even for a competitor.