Deep Dive: Unlocking the staffing crisis
May 25, 2021
“4 people applied to my job ad from last month”Across our hospitality industry, we are in a staffing crisis. As hotels try to quickly ramp up and rehire staff, they are discovering that no one wants these jobs. How did we get here? Were we building to this point of inflection over the years? What’s the way forward? We got former hoteliers, front line staff, academics, corporate managers from Texas. New York. Oklahoma. Florida. together to answer these questions. What a conversation it was! Wicked storms raged outside and our panel carried right on.Melissa DelBuono, CEO and Co-founder, Project Save HospitalityDavid Dickinson, General Manager, Aimbridge HospitalityPeter Ricci, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Florida Atlantic UniversityJD Bryant, Director, Procurement Services, Choice Hotels InternationalRaj Singh, CEO, Go Moment (host and moderator)This panel is part of our Hotel Moment podcast special series on the staffing crisis in our industry.
“4 people applied to my job ad from last month”
Across our hospitality industry, we are in a staffing crisis. As hotels try to quickly ramp up and rehire staff, they are discovering that no one wants these jobs.
How did we get here? Were we building to this point of inflection over the years? What’s the way forward?
We got former hoteliers, front line staff, academics, corporate managers from Texas. New York. Oklahoma. Florida. together to answer these questions.
What a conversation it was! Wicked storms raged outside and our panel carried right on.
- Melissa DelBuono, CEO and Co-founder, Project Save Hospitality
- David Dickinson, General Manager, Aimbridge Hospitality
- Peter Ricci, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Florida Atlantic University
- JD Bryant, Director, Procurement Services, Choice Hotels International
- Raj Singh, CEO, Go Moment (host and moderator)
This panel is part of our Hotel Moment podcast special series on the staffing crisis in our industry.
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