Founder Dave Johnson departs Aimbridge Hospitality
Dave Johnson, founder/executive chairman, Aimbridge Hospitality, has left the company to pursue other external opportunities.
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Founder Dave Johnson departs Aimbridge Hospitality
Dave Johnson, founder/executive chairman, Aimbridge Hospitality, has left the company to pursue other external opportunities.
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Can Gig Workers Solve the Hotel Labor Crisis?
When the pandemic shut down travel, forcing hoteliers to furlough or layoff large swaths of their teams, employers weren’t thinking about the long-term impact—they were in crisis mode, trying to staunch the bleeding…
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The Hospitality Employee Conundrum and How to Adapt
As we come out of the pandemic, the conundrum of finding and retaining hotel employees has reached new levels…
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How latte art in South Africa led to a job from hell in Oman
A young South African barista thought he had found the job of a lifetime in Oman, but ended up being held captive and made to work without pay - forcing family and friends to raise money to free him.
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Q&A: HOTELS RISING STAR, AIMBRIDGE’S JACK BUTLER
Jack Butler, regional vice president of Operations, Aimbridge Hospitality, was named one of HOTELS Top 10 Rising Star award winners for his proven performance, leadership and problem-solving skills, as well as his intangible skills of optimism…
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Arne Sorenson Posthumously Receives The Lodging Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Harry Javer, producer and founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry’s events for hotel owners, CEOs, and deal makers, announced that Arne Sorenson, the beloved former president and CEO of Marriott International, has been selected…
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Gender Diversity In Leadership: How To Solve The Problem When You Can’t See It?
A presentation of research findings that confirm significant gender differences in diversity of leadership roles, specifically in perception when it comes to understanding why women occupy so few professional leadership roles…
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The former Starbucks CEO first worked at a ski lodge. His next moves were both serendipitous and strategic.
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Hotel operations, strategy, human resources, marketing, finance - a hotel manager’s remit is as diverse as it is challenging. If you want to be a hotel manager, you will need excellent people skills and a calm, trustworthy, professional demeanor…
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Re-Building Your Hotel F&B Value Proposition for Recruiting and Retaining Gen Z Talent
In the post-pandemic business environment, recruitment of hospitality employees is a challenging endeavor…
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Europe’s hotels and restaurants are eager to welcome tourists — if they can find enough staff
The Hôtel Martinez is famous for a strict access policy to protect its famous guests. People hoping to catch a glimpse of celebrities attending the film festival here this month had to wait outside, sitting on their suitcases, in the sweltering…
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Chefs Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich to pay $600K to victims of sexual harassment on job
Celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich and their New York City restaurant company have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees who were sexually harassed and retaliated against on the job…
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Where have all the waiters gone? Unpacking hospitality’s staff crisis
Covid, Brexit and a snobby attitude towards the industry have left restaurants scrambling to keep up as the world reopens. Molly Codyre reports
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Hospitality website comes up short as it tries to list ‘benefits of Brexit’
"In the interest of balanced reporting we are detailing the benefits of Brexit to the hospitality industry across the UK. To date none have been identified."
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Edmonton mixologist named World Class Bartender of the Year
Members of Edmonton's hospitality community can hold their heads a little higher this week after one of their own took home the World Class Bartender of the Year title for 2021. James Grant represented Canada in the Diageo World Class Global…
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Whittlebury Park Offers Student Work Placements
Whittlebury Park in Northamptonshire is offering a number of paid work placements to students interested in a career in hospitality to help them gain valuable skills and an in-depth understanding of the industry…
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'Booked up but no staff': Tourism bosses' new problem
Bosses of holiday parks and hotels in Norfolk are celebrating bookings up to next Easter - but finding it hard to recruit staff to cope.
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Travel Media Group Recognizes 25 Hoteliers with Hospitality Hero Award
Travel Media Group announced today 25 winners of the new TMG Hospitality Hero Award. The top-rated digital marketing vendor launched the award to recognize stories of resilience and excellence in hospitality…
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The Gstaad Palace is mourning the loss of Ernst Andrea Scherz (1939-2021)…
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Report: ‘Worrying’ lack of women at the top of hospitality, travel and tourism companies
Travel and tourism is one of the world’s most gender diverse industries, with a 50-50 overall split between men and women, but female representation at senior management level and above is abysmally low, according to a new report by hospitality…
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Hospitality Recruitment: Why A Methodical System Wins Over Gut Instinct
A counter-intuitive yet highly practical approach to what really matters when hiring…
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Poll: More than one-third of hospitality workers will seek job outside of industry
The world’s battered hospitality and tourism industry has a long way to go to rebound from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey of workers conducted by Florida Atlantic University (FAU)…
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Emirates Palace’s Michael Koth on taking good and making it great
The general manager says Mandarin Oriental will make people love the iconic property in new ways
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Accor’s Mark Willis on the rise of lifestyle brands: “I’m fully in”
Someone walks past our photo shoot and does a double take at the man sitting in the chair having his photo taken (the picture is the one you can see on the opposite page)…
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