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Diverse careers in hospitality and tourism: match your talents

Les Roches

If you’re passionate about creating great guest and customer experiences, the hospitality and tourism industry offers many exciting career opportunities. Hospitality and tourism is a booming area with great opportunities to progress or move into more niche areas. What is the tourism industry? What is the hospitality industry?

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Tourism is booming again – but how can we solve the recruitment and retention crisis?

Hotel Owner

Despite the cost-of-living crisis and economic uncertainty, the international hospitality and tourism industry is experiencing a surge in bookings as the summer season reaches its peak. An estimated 235 million tourists travelled internationally in the first three months of this year, more than double those in the same period of 2022.

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Hoteliers must adopt a multi-pronged approach for the return of Chinese tourism

SiteMinder

Many parts of the world are excited about the prospect of travellers from mainland China returning to their shores but, while your hotel can certainly benefit from the opportunity, there are no simple answers when it comes to planning and preparing for this. It also allowed citizens to travel during the Lunar New Year celebrations.

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Trending Social Media Post Ideas for Hotels in 2024

STAAH

Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peeks: Highlight the daily operations of your hotel, such as real-time kitchen or event preparations, housekeeping routines, or maintenance activities. Interactive Polls and Quizzes: Engage your audience with polls, quizzes, or surveys related to travel preferences, local interests, or hotel amenities.

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Chain hotels, inns, resorts: which hotel property to choose?

Hotel Owner

As hoteliers, partnering with a renowned chain brings immediate brand recognition and access to resources like centralised marketing strategies and loyalty programmes. Moreover, stringent brand protocols can restrict managerial flexibility, impeding the ability to innovate and adapt to the specific demands of the local market.

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Housekeeping steps to build operational resilience

Hotel Owner

Added to this, there’s evidence that capital markets are beginning to slow, with debt and equity providers keeping their sizable powder dry until the economic landscape improves, or more appropriately priced assets become available. As we’ve seen previously, certain parts of the market are likely to fare better during an economic downturn.

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Charting the future of the UK hospitality resurgence

Hotel Owner

At Burgh Island, we know just how critical access to talent from overseas is, given our idyllic tidal island would cease to function without the global talent shoring up our guest relations, events, and housekeeping teams. It stands as a linchpin for tourism, with the industry contributing £214bn to the UK’s GDP.