Turkish hotels also face serious staff shortages

Significant staff shortages are faced by Turkey’s hotels, which in some places are even more noticeable, with hoteliers turning to foreign workers from countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as they are not responding to the domestic market. Turkey’s tourism industry employs around 2 million workers during the high, tourist season, with staff […]

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Marriott makes staff redundancies | Does not affect hotel workers

Marriott International this week informed its employees of a major restructuring that could result in hundreds of employees leaving the company. The cuts are global in nature and affect positions “above ownership”, which are for people at the corporate level and not those working in hotels, according to a Skift report. Some employees have been […]

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Portugal: Gives tax reductions to attract skilled staff

Portugal’s new centre-right government plans to reinstate controversial tax concessions that attracted a “wave” of foreigners to the country, but will ensure that wealthy expatriate pensioners cannot benefit from the privilege. Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, the finance minister, told the Financial Times that the move would “attract some people” to the country as part of a […]

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Staff shortage is a blow to the hospitality industry in Mallorca | The problem intensifies

The Balearic Islands and especially Mallorca are experiencing an unprecedented tourism boom. The sector is booming, but at the same time the hotel industry is suffering from a serious problem: a lack of manpower. With almost 122,000 employees in 2023, the sector set a new record and recorded an increase of almost 16% compared to […]

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HOTREC – EFFAT: This will address labour shortages in the hospitality sector

EFFAT, the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism Sector, together with HOTREC, the European Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Association, highlighted the major issue of labour shortages and skilled workers in the hospitality sector in a joint statement, agreeing that they are the main challenges facing the sector today. In their […]

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EasyJet denies underpayment of airline employees

-EasyJet was one of 524 companies found not to have paid some staff the national minimum wage during an eight-year investigation by HMRC. The airline owed thousands of cabin crew a total of more than £338,000 – which amounted to an average of £86.94 each, according to the Government. EasyJet, which was eighth worst on […]

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WTTC: 130,000 vacancies in Travel & Tourism threaten UK economic recovery

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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