hotel workforce
Thousands of Additional H-2B Visas to Boost Travel Industry, Economic Growth
U.S. Travel Association | November 7, 2023
WASHINGTON (November 7, 2023)—U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Friday announcement that it will make available an additional 65,000 H-2B temporary worker visas for FY24: “Following months of consistent advocacy from U.S. Travel Association, these additional H-2B visas—released well ahead of the peak travel season—will provide a boost to an industry whose workforce shortage continues to exceed one million open positions. “While this is a step forward in alleviating workforce pres...
5 Strategies to Win 78% or Greater Employee Engagement
Beekeeper | June 13, 2023
By Cris Grossmann, CEO and co-founder, Beekeeper Frontline workers are the engine that drives business. Around the world, 80% of all workers serve on the frontline, working in industries such as construction, hospitality, manufacturing and retail. However, companies are struggling to hire and retain top talent. Frontliners are experiencing rising food, housing and childcare costs due to inflation, causing them to job-hop or take on extra work. Nearly 70% of Americans are looking for a second job to keep up with widespread price increases. Leaders are seeking to engage a multi-generational workforce, including younger staff who have diff...
How Gen Z Work Ethic and Attitudes Are Impacting the Workplace
EHL Insights | May 2, 2023
Horizontal working modes typically imply, for example, that employees from department “A” be given regular opportunities to collaborate on cross-functional projects with employees from departments "B", “C", "D”, or “Z." You name them. When these cross-functional collaborations multiply throughout/across the organization, here is what you get in the short term: the sharing of new ideas, knowledge, and best practices. In the medium term, these cross-silo collaborations may even shape employees’ career development paths—that is, by helping them develop a wider panel of skills and expertise. When this happens, your organization s...
Hotels and the Frontline Worker Disconnect
Beekeeper | February 27, 2023
By Cris Grossmann, CEO & co-founder, Beekeeper When the hotel frontline succeeds, their companies thrive, driving sales, guest loyalty and profitability. That’s the bottom line for any hotel looking to boost sales and fuel organizational success. However, establishing a productive and content workforce requires those in the hospitality industry to address the growing disconnect between a hotel’s frontline staff and their managers. In 2023 hotel employers must focus on the increasing gap between how their frontline staff is currently being managed and how they should be managed in order to create a connected workforce. As hotels ...
AHLA, AHLAF, ICHRIE Announce Partnership to Grow Workforce
The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) | June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2022) –The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the AHLA Foundation, and the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) today announced a new strategic partnership, with the shared goal of growing the future workforce of the hotel and hospitality industry. The announcement comes at a critical time for the hotel industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2022 employment in the broader leisure and hospitality industry was down more than 1.3 million jobs compared to before the pandemic. Hotels are looking to fill many of those jobs. In a May 2022...
Building an Older, Wiser Workforce
PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management | May 23, 2022
Sad to say, hotel managers – unwittingly or not – often hold negative perceptions of older workers. People older than 50 make up less than a fifth of all hotel employees. Where does this apparent aversion to employing older people come from? As a vital first step in addressing the low employment rate of older people in this sector, BSc graduate Sau Yin Cheung and Assistant Professor Linda Woo of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University explored age stereotypes and job suitability assessments among hotel managers in Hong Kong. As well as putting age-related discrimination under the micro...
5 Ways Digitalization Will Help Integrate H-2B Visa Employees Into the Hotel Workforce and Make Them Feel Valued
Andrada Paraschiv | April 12, 2022
As foreign nationals arrive in the U.S. on temporary Visas to help fill labor gaps, hotel operators can leverage mobile communication tools to remove the language barrier and assist with onboarding, training, scheduling, engaging, and recognizing employees By Andrada Paraschiv The next wave of foreign nationals on H-2B Visas are arriving in the U.S. to fill vacant non-agricultural jobs. Some of those workers may choose to fill vacant frontline positions at hotels. While operators are desperate for help, hiring from overseas can cause additional issues for Human Resources teams and managers, especially if the labor is unskilled. Therefore...
AHLA, AHLA Foundation Honored at White House With Pledge to America’s Workers Presidential Award
AHLA | September 23, 2020
Over 100,000 Hotel Employees Supported through Industry Certifications, Apprenticeships, Scholarships, and Degree Programs WASHINGTON (September 23, 2020) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and the American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) today received top honors at the White House for their collective work to support and empower hotel industry employees. AHLA and AHLA Foundation were among a small group of companies and organizations awarded the Pledge to America’s Workers Presidential Award in recognition of outstanding comprehensive workforce development efforts to create new and enhanced educati...
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