Kyoto Hotels Facing Serious Labor Shortages After Post-COVID Tourism Rebound
As Kyoto enters autumn tourism season, its hotels and accommodation facilities are facing serious labor shortages…
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Kyoto Hotels Facing Serious Labor Shortages After Post-COVID Tourism Rebound
As Kyoto enters autumn tourism season, its hotels and accommodation facilities are facing serious labor shortages…
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Good morning! Hotels have been through the wringer since the start of the pandemic. The leisure and hospitality industry lost 8 million jobs in the first two months of the pandemic—more than any other industry…
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Grazzy, the digital tipping platform driving higher earnings for hotel workers, has been named a preferred technology provider by Hyatt Hotels…
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In a tight labor market, employers sweeten the holiday perks for hospitality employees
Cape Cod’s Wequassett Resort and Golf Club will be open this Christmas for the first time in its nearly 100 years in business, and it’s channeling a lot of pent-up holiday spirit. There will be visits from Santa, a pajama brunch with Mrs…
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Las Vegas Hotels Offering Teslas, BMWs and $100,000 as Incentives for Employees during F1 GP Week
Hotels are offering cash prizes, enhanced dining menus, chair massages, and even luxury cars to entice hourly employees…
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Entries open for 2024 Springboard Awards for Excellence
Entries are now open for the 2024 Springboard Awards for Excellence, which celebrate outstanding contributions to the hospitality industry. The 16 categories include Best Recruitment Initiative, Best Training Programme, and Disability Champion…
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Hotel employees say their bodies were recently thrown to the ground by hotel security while striking
UNITE HERE Local 11, a union representing workers in the hospitality industry has accused the Fairmont Miramar hotel in Southern California of violent actions against its striking employees…
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Tysons-based Hilton named world’s best workplace in annual Fortune ranking
The best place to work in the world can be found right in Tysons, according to a new Fortune magazine ranking…
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Aimbridge Hospitality Announces Executive Leadership Transitions
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aimbridge Hospitality, a leading, global hospitality management company and the world's largest third-party hotel operator, today announced the transition plan for Michael J…
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Hotel chef who complained about 'unfair’ share of tips raised ‘important questions’, WRC finds
A hotel chef who complained over how his employer divided customer tips among staff has raised “important questions” over how new legislation governing the payment of tips and gratuities is being applied, according to the Workplace Relations…
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AHLA Foundation Receives Grant to Support Empowering Youth Program
WASHINGTON, D.C.—AHLA Foundation has received a $605,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support its Empowering Youth Program (EYP) over two years. The primary goal of EYP is to address the workforce shortage in the U.S…
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The successful Gold Service Scholarship 2024 semi-finalists named
he 40 food and beverage front-of-house professionals who have made it through to the semi-final of the 2024 Gold Service Scholarship have been revealed…
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Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city’s economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this…
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New Joint-Employer Standard Opens Up Liability Across US Hotel Industry
The standards used to determine joint-employer status remained steady for more than three decades before a 2015 National Labor Relations Board decision that has led to a regulatory back-and-forth in the years since…
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Iron Horse Hotel's employees 'all stuck it out' during dispute that led to bankruptcy
The owner of Milwaukee's Iron Horse Hotel has settled a dispute that led the company to reorganize its finances under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…
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AHLA condemns NLRB’s new joint-employer standard
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final regulation expanding the “joint-employer standard” under the National Labor Relations Act, which becomes effective Dec. 26…
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Savoy hotel invests thousands in staff facilities amid rise in luxury competition
London's Savoy hotel has invested thousands in improving staff facilities amid increased competition for talent in London's luxury market…
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney has launched an investigation into local hotels' labor practices amid the largest hotel strike in U.S. history…
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