On the Beach, which is the holding company of Classic Collection and Classic Package Holidays, took the decision to create a joint brand with the cooperation of these two companies. By merging the two into one there will be a reduction in jobs, which will create a reshuffle in operations as well as B2B sales. […]
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Jet2 reported some discussions about proposed redundancies with staff working in Spain, including those working in the Resort flight control service. The Canarian Weekly reports that 996 employees at Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura airports have been told that Jet2 is dealing with plans to cut 35% of jobs when […]
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The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology will not replace jobs, TUI group chief executive Sebastian Ebel has pledged. The executive board of Europe’s largest travel group has approved a joint policy document on the use of artificial intelligence with its employee council. This came after nearly 7,000 employees attended two initial courses on the […]
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New vacancies in the travel sector more than doubled in January but remain much lower than in 2023, the latest figures from C&M Travel Recruitment reveal. January 2024 saw a 111% increase in new travel jobs recorded by C&M compared to December 2023, the highest total in five months, as the new year recruitment campaign […]
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Latest flight booking data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its knowledge partner ForwardKeys, shows France is set to keep its pole position as the world’s most popular destination for international arrivals this year. The research reveals a positive outlook for France’s inbound travel, with arrivals set to almost reach pre-pandemic highs […]
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The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) today shows the Travel & Tourism sector is closing in on its 2019 peak, recovering by more than 95%. In 2023, the sector is forecast to reach $9.5TN, just 5% below 2019 pre-pandemic levels when travel was at its highest. 34 countries have […]
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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) warns the Travel & Tourism sector’s recovery is at serious risk as nearly 130,000 jobs go unfilled across the UK. According to the global tourism body, the UK is expected to see a shortfall of 128,000 jobs, with one in 14 job openings expected to remain vacant. Restaurants […]
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A new analysis by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism business sector, estimates 412,000 Travel & Tourism jobs in the U.S. will remain unfilled this year, putting in serious jeopardy the recovery of the sector. According to WTTC’s data, one in 18 jobs remained vacant during the […]
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This has been another challenging year for our societies, our economies and tourism. Many millions of jobs and businesses remain in peril, at the mercy of an evolving crisis and of the actions of governments. However, we are by no means in the same place we were when the pandemic was declared in March 2020. […]
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A new analysis of staff shortages by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global private Travel & Tourism sector, reveals the sector realized a U.S. labor shortfall of almost 700,000 workers during 2021. According to the report, the outlook for 2022 is only slightly more positive, with approximately 480,000 direct* U.S. Travel […]
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