Articles tagged “employment”

Airlines

U.S. Airlines Scramble to Hire Workers to Prevent Mass Holiday Flight Cancellations

Major carriers need to hire more employees immediately ahead of the holiday season because the U.S. aviation industry can only make a complete recovery when airlines have enough staff to fly those vaccinated people ready to travel.

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 3 months ago
U.S. Airlines Scramble to Hire Workers to Prevent Mass Holiday Flight Cancellations

Hotels

Hotel Hiring Spree Lowers Spain’s Unemployment Rate

Lifting travel restrictions in Spain unlocked pent-up travel demand and ushered in a major wave of hiring across the country's hospitality sector. That's a major win for national employment figures.

Nathan Allen and Belén Carreño, Reuters | 3 months ago
Hotel Hiring Spree Lowers Spain’s Unemployment Rate

Coronavirus

U.S. Hotels Roared Ahead With Desperately Needed Job Gains in July

U.S. hotels continue to post strong job numbers thanks to summer leisure travel demand, but the industry can't afford to ride on blind optimism. The Delta variant throwing a wrench in the expected return of business travel will show up in jobs reports later this year.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 6 months ago
U.S. Hotels Roared Ahead With Desperately Needed Job Gains in July

Hotels

U.S. Hotels Added 36,000 Jobs in February in New Sign of Optimism

It's positive to see February gains in U.S. jobs in the leisure and hospitality industries. Hotel hiring trends looking to be turning after a bleak winter.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 11 months ago
U.S. Hotels Added 36,000 Jobs in February in New Sign of Optimism

Coronavirus

U.S. Hotels’ 35 Percent Unemployment Rate Remains Staggeringly Higher Than National Average

The upcoming fall and winter months are likely to expand the unemployment gap even further between the hotel industry and overall economy due to expected diminished leisure travel.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 1 year ago
U.S. Hotels’ 35 Percent Unemployment Rate Remains Staggeringly Higher Than National Average

Coronavirus

Hotels Aren’t Putting People Back to Work Like Other Industries

U.S. hotel industry employment has improved by 11 points since April, but a stalled recovery and fading summer has analysts cautioning of a pending winter jobs decline.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 1 year ago
Hotels Aren’t Putting People Back to Work Like Other Industries

Coronavirus

Travel’s Great Depression Is Here

Though there is evidence of pent-up travel demand as U.S. reopens bit by bit, the monumental job losses for our sector will take a long time to come back to the pre-pandemic level, if ever. This is travel's Great Depression of this century, make no mistake.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 2 years ago
Travel’s Great Depression Is Here

Coronavirus

U.S. Leisure and Hospitality Industy Lost 8.2 Million Jobs in 2 Months

The leisure and hospitality industry was the hardest-hit part of the U.S. economy when it came to job losses, and restaurant and bars were by far the most-severely impacted within the category.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
U.S. Leisure and Hospitality Industy Lost 8.2 Million Jobs in 2 Months

Hotels

U.S. Jobs Data Predict Slowdown in Hospitality Sector Employment

Look beyond monthly jobs reports to see a bigger picture. The U.S. leisure and hospitality sector will cut its employment growth by roughly half over the next decade, according to a government forecast. Hoteliers will cope by boosting the productivity of their existing workforce through training.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 2 years ago
U.S. Jobs Data Predict Slowdown in Hospitality Sector Employment
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Hotels

Winning the War for Talent: 5 Ways Hospitality Brands Can Attract and Keep Great Employees

The hospitality industry in particular has struggled with recruiting and retaining workers over the last few years, as unemployment rates have dropped and tighter restrictions on immigration and work visas have been enforced. But there are a few things companies can do to develop a strong workforce.

FPG + Skift | 2 years ago
Winning the War for Talent: 5 Ways Hospitality Brands Can Attract and Keep Great Employees