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As travel picks up, hospitality industry faces labor shortage
With an increasing number of people now traveling, hotels and restaurants are facing a lack of job applicants for many open positions.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. â As the weather warms up, people are getting out: out of town, that is.
âIt s like somebody turned the faucet on and there was no trickle. It just came on full force,â said Michelle Woodhull, president of Charming Inns and Circa 1886 Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, which includes the 19
th century Wentworth Mansion.
st century pandemic may have been its biggest challenge yet.
SC hotels see promising season, but need more staff to match tourism
VIDEO: SC hotels see promising season, but need more staff to match tourism By Lillian Donahue | April 29, 2021 at 2:19 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 7:36 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hotels are bracing for a busy summer, but the lasting impact of the pandemic has many still trying to find the staff they need to keep up.
Daniel Blumenstock, the director of Lowcountry Hotels, said leisure travelers have returned to the Palmetto State in full force.
“We’re probably 1,000-something percent ahead of last year. It’s a night and day difference,” Blumenstock said.
Sen. Tim Scott wants to lift SC high school students out of poverty with internship Caitlin Byrd, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Apr. 5 CHARLESTON, S.C. As a young Black kid growing up in a single-parent household in North Charleston, Tim Scott often wondered how he would ever get out of poverty. At the time, he only saw only two paths: Becoming a professional athlete or becoming a professional entertainer.
Now a U.S. Senator representing South Carolina, Scott on Monday announced a new internship program that he hopes will offer high school students in his home state another path.