After a busy start to 2021, Portland’s TIQA Mediterranean restaurant closed in April for three weeks due to a staffing shortage reflecting an industry-wide hiring crunch brought on by the pandemic.
“The options were really horrible,” says Deen Haleem, who owns and operates the restaurant inside the Courtyard by Marriott with his wife, Carol Mitchell. “We could have kept our restaurant open, which would have led to really overworking the existing kitchen staff as well as bad service and long wait times.”
Instead, they’re using the time to deep clean and update menus.
Two weeks into the closure, the kitchen staff was up to eight, including two senior chefs as the search for a sous chef, baker and a third line cook continued. Frustrated about filling vacancies, Haleem says that interview no-shows are common and even received a message from one applicant who responded to a job ad with upfront demands about starting salary, scheduling and paid leave.
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US Travel and Franchise industries endorse Save Hotel Jobs Act
April 30, 2021
Travel-supported jobs represented 65% of all the U.S. jobs lost last year
IFA applauds the introduction of the Save Hotel Jobs Act on behalf of the tens of thousands of hotel owners
The U.S. Travel Association and the International Franchise Association (IFA) on Thursday voiced strong support for new legislation that would provide relief for hard-hit hotel workers until travel returns to pre-pandemic levels.
The Save Hotel Jobs Act, introduced in both chambers of Congress by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), would support jobs in the devastated lodging industry through a combination of direct payroll grants and tax credits, among other provisions.
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Hotel Industry Thought Leaders Will Tackle Ways to Master the New Rules of Revenue Strategy at the Virtual Revenue Strategy Forum (RSF)
Powered by Duetto and in partnership with Silver Hospitality Group, the first in the series of online events will be held May 19.
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Duetto, hospitality s innovative software as a service provider of revenue strategy solutions, in partnership withSilver Hospitality Group, announced today the first in a series of virtual Revenue Strategy Forums, designed to bring together leaders and practitioners who will examine the forces reshaping hospitality today and share innovations for navigating success through uncertainty. The half-day virtual event will combine education, networking, and high-level information exchange among hotel executives and respected industry leaders responsible for increasing revenue and optimizing demand.