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Berlin. The German hotel industry wants to attract and retain more employees with more transparency and polish up the image of the industry. The German Hotel Association is therefore entering into a cooperation with the employer rating platform kununu under its own "Hotel" button. So far, the overall industry 'tourism/hospitality' has reached 32nd place out of 42 in the kununu score.
Rostock. The hotel group arcona from Rostock has developed a new corporate identity that also takes up the togetherness of the employees. In addition, the company relies on new digital tools in the field of e-learning and applicant management.
Augsburg. Pamela Merlini has stepped up at the Papadopoli Venezia MGallery. Stefanie Brandes completes the new Lindner management trio. Dorint has appointed a new Vice President of Sales. At the Sofitel Frankfurt Opera, Stephanie Wright is the new sales manager. This week, the German government appointed the members of the 27-member advisory board for tourism issues at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.
Brussels/Madrid. Eight million new jobs are to be created in European tourism in the next decade. But who is going to fill these chairs? In the search for employees, the industry is holding its breath. Accor is touring DACH with a mini-van, Radisson is betting on emotion. A consultant wants to divide one job among four heads, the French are looking for new talents in Tunisia, the Spanish want to make themselves popular with "Fairhotels". Ideas from the last few weeks...
Vienna. The shortage of employees in Austria was so acute that in the winter season just past that almost 40% of hoteliers came close to closing parts of their business and 18% want to rethink their business model. The problem is becoming more acute by the day. The tourism industry is alleged to have a shortage of 50,000 workers. At the same time, trainees are already beginning to formulate their demands. The professionals and politicians continue to argue over the cost of labour - a situtation that has helped to put hotelier Susanne Kraus Winkler into the State Department for Tourism.
Düsseldorf. What's next for Lindner Hotels? As reported in Breaking News on Tuesday, Arno Schwalie will become the new CEO of Düsseldorf-based Lindner Hotels & Resorts. He succeeds Otto Lindner, who will move to the group's supervisory board on May 1. Otto's brother Frank will remain a member of the hotel group's board of directors.
Berlin. The German Hotel and Restaurant Association has worked intensively on updating its training occupations in recent months. Contents have been streamlined, transitions made easier and new learning contents included. The new training courses will start in August.
Wiesbaden. Munich Hotel Partners is looking for retirees with an appetite for hotels via a campaign. The Zurich Hotelier Association has launched a lateral entry programme. Duration: six months. A Hamburg-based training provider wants to make people with an affinity for service fit for jobs in the hospitality industry.
Munich. Sustainability has long become a topic in universities and business schools, although with various approaches. Most rely on additional modules, courses, and projects. However, a unified and integrated approach, which meets the enormous challenges of the SDG goals for the hotel industry, has not become very apparent so far.
London. Rocco Forte Hotels relies on the Happiness Index created by a British consultancy to improve employee satisfaction. Yet behind the move is nothing more than clever marketing empty of all substance. An article that shows that even in times of maximum staffing problems, you don't have to believe everything and nor do everything either.
