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Articles tagged “employees”

Airlines

Virgin America CEO Has Good and Bad News for Employees

The Alaska Airlines-Virgin America deal synergies won't be of the Expedia-Travelocity or Expedia-Orbitz type, where the majority of staff members of the acquired companies got pink slips. Virgin America's front-line employees should do well from a job security standpoint but a considerable number of back-of-the-house staff will have something to worry about.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Virgin America CEO Has Good and Bad News for Employees

Hotels

3 Hoteliers on the New Technology They’ll Give Employees in 2016

Introducing technology on devices with household names helps with implementing change faster and more efficiently, and it continues the dominant trend of letting employees use the consumer tech they already know in their daily work lives.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

3 Hoteliers on the New Technology They’ll Give Employees in 2016

Hotels

Hotels Change Their Hiring Processes by Holding Casting Calls and Auditions

Hotel chains are gung-ho about their robust pipelines, but have they thought about how to efficiently build the future of their staff as they build their future properties? Some have, and comedy sketches, a cappella performances and role-playing guest scenarios are the smart future of hotel hiring rather than stuffy, crowded job fairs.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

Hotels Change Their Hiring Processes by Holding Casting Calls and Auditions

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Expedia Acquires HomeAway: The Fine Print

For financial, online travel nerds and human resources nerds, here's all the fine print that's seen the light of day so far about then Expedia-HomeAway merger.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Expedia Acquires HomeAway: The Fine Print

Hotels

Survey: Nearly 80% of Hotel Professionals Aren’t Happy With Their Pay

As it gets more complicated to trace where a booking actually came from hotels' sales and revenue teams are one group in the online travel booking ecosystem bearing the brunt of this.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Survey: Nearly 80% of Hotel Professionals Aren’t Happy With Their Pay

Tourism

U.S. Destinations Take Their Foreign Worker Recruiting Efforts Around the World

Destinations kill two birds with one stone with foreign recruitment trips by finding the seasonal help they need along with employees who can speak the languages of some of their fastest growing visitor demographics.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

U.S. Destinations Take Their Foreign Worker Recruiting Efforts Around the World

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Pegasus Solutions Restructuring and Layoffs Under Way

Pegasus Solutions was once a leading provider of central reservations system services to the global hotel industry, but the business has fallen off the cliff. Letting the chief information officer and other top leaders depart doesn't signal that Pegasus' prospects will be changing anytime soon.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Pegasus Solutions Restructuring and Layoffs Under Way

Hotels

Marriott Uses its Own Staff to Recruit Employees in New Campaign

It's great to see employees getting involved and showing community spirit around their brand. Marriott could also make the campaign more easily accessible and visible than it currently is on its site.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Marriott Uses its Own Staff to Recruit Employees in New Campaign

Business Travel

Concur and SAP Emails to Employees Cover the Future in an SAP Context

The SAP-ization of Concur won't begin in earnest until after the acquisition closes toward the end of this year or early in 2015. Decisions haven't been made yet as to how their overlapping products will blend together.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Concur and SAP Emails to Employees Cover the Future in an SAP Context

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Priceline CEO Letter to OpenTable Employees: We Are Not Heavy-Handed

In the last couple of months the Priceline Group has acquired OpenTable, Buuteeq, Hotel Ninjas and Qlika. The big speculation is what lucky startup will be the next to get a Darren Huston letter to employees.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Priceline CEO Letter to OpenTable Employees: We Are Not Heavy-Handed