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Articles tagged “hiring”

Travel Agents

U.S. Travel Agencies Can’t Cope With Demand Because of Advisor Shortage

The U.S. travel agency industry will only make a complete recovery when it manages to replace advisors cut during the pandemic. A lack of staff has often made booking trips difficult for people eager to use travel advisor services.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

U.S. Travel Agencies Can’t Cope With Demand Because of Advisor Shortage

Ground Transport

Hertz Taps Former Ford Boss as Its Interim CEO

While leading any major company will bring enormous challenges, Mark Fields is fortunate he can devote his focus at Hertz to matters other than bankruptcy.

Paul Lienert, Reuters | 3 years ago

Hertz Taps Former Ford Boss as Its Interim CEO
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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 | 5 years ago

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

Announcements

Skift Is Hiring a Research Director and Sales Executive to Start 2018

Come work for the best travel media company on the planet!

Rafat Ali, Skift | 6 years ago

Skift Is Hiring a Research Director and Sales Executive to Start 2018

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

Hotels

7 Hotel CEOs on Empowering Employees Who Work With Guests

Hotels are moving away from guidebooks and guidelines and learning how to empower their employees to adapt their services and relationships with individual guests.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

7 Hotel CEOs on Empowering Employees Who Work With Guests

Hotels

Interview: Six Senses Hotels CEO Wants to Develop the Luxury Anti-Brand

Friendly and genuine interactions with hotel staff go a long way toward making or breaking a hotel stay; however, it takes a conscious plan and months of investment to deliver that guest experience.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Interview: Six Senses Hotels CEO Wants to Develop the Luxury Anti-Brand

Hotels

Talent crunch hurts hotel growth in Southeast Asia

Many skilled management employees flee Asian countries to find work, which leaves global hotel chains with few local hiring options and hefty costs to import overseas employees.

Sharon Chen, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Talent crunch hurts hotel growth in Southeast Asia

Media and PR

More redditors reunite: Hipmunk hires away former Reddit buyer Karimkhany

Hipmunk has a lot of funding in the kitty. With Kourosh Karimkhany's hiring, perhaps a little M&A activity is in the cards?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago