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Hotel News Now

By: Dana Miller

ATLANTA — Now more than ever, hotel brand CEOs are paying closer attention to what both hotel-level employees and corporate teams need in order to succeed at their jobs.

Hotel News Now

By: Bryan Wroten

As warmer weather is just ahead for the U.S., hotels with rooftop bars are setting up extra tables and updating their menus for another season of strong leisure demand.

Hotel News Now

By: Dana Miller

Perhaps once considered a frill, rooftop pools have become more in demand at hotels as guests place increasing value on outdoor spaces. Hoteliers say guests weighing hotel booking options are more apt to choose the one with a rooftop pool.

Hotel News Now

By: Sean McCracken

At a time when it's especially difficult and expensive to find and keep employees across various industries, executives at hotel brand company Hilton are leaning on education as a path to easing the labor crunch.

Hotelsmag.com

By: Jeff Weinstein

While multiple global hospitality-related brands like McDonald’s Coca-Cola and Starbucks are temporarily halting operations in Russia, most major hotel brands continue to fly their flags, stating that they are doing so to support hotel staff and current guests in the country waging war with neighboring Ukraine.

Hotelsmag.com

By: Jeff Weinstein

In our final installment in recognition of International Women’s Day, HOTELS hears from Accor’s Sara Glenn, chief operating officer, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America at Accor, as well as Anne Marie Johns, general manager, Fairmont , Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, who share their perspectives on how women in hospitality can better carve a path to success.

hotelsmag.com

By: Jeff Weinstein

In HOTELS week-long series of stories featuring advice from female leaders at Accor, Paris, our focus shifts to Mansi Vagt, global vice president of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, who writes about her experiences and what she believes is critical for women in hospitality to succeed.

Lodgingmagazine.com

By: Matthew Kuraska

Hiring hotel employees might feel impossible right now, but there are four easy ways to pull the covers over the current crisis. Essentially, hoteliers should stop scrambling to find as many applicants as possible. It’s not about getting the most applicants—the key is to find the right ones. Casting a large net and hiring anyone that applies might solve staffing shortages in the short term, but this puts hotel operators at risk of making poor hires and dealing with costly employee turnover that brings them back to square one.

Lodgingmagazine.com

By:  Ellen Meyer

Joel Carver, who is founder and CEO of the hospitality-facing human capital organization The Carver Companies, is also co-author, with Mary Weber, of the book The People Effect, Find, Grown, and Retain The Best of the Best, in which the authors claim, “Hotel operators must treat their teams like the great assets they are to the company—not like commodities.” It was that point he stressed while sharing his thoughts with LODGING about the importance of employee onboarding, training, and, most of all, retention to set up hotels and their team members for success.

Hotelmags.com

By: Jeff Weinstein

In this week-long series featuring career advice from female executives at Accor, Paris, today we feature Chief Development Officer Agnes Roquefort and Senior Vice President Sales, North and Central America Valerie Gavin, with advice to help guide the next generation of women in hospitality.