Napa Valley tourism industry scrambles to hire staff for peak season
The Meritage Resort and Spa is hiring. Problem is â so is everybody else. Most every other business in Napa Valleyâs service or hospitality industries, anyway, according to Meritage Managing Director Joe Leinacker. After a year of oscillating shutdowns and subsequent, tidal surges of layoffs and rehiring, it looks as though Napa Valleyâs tourism industry may be in for an almost normal, busy summer season, experts say. Leinacker is well aware. As part of its effort to prepare to welcome back guests â some of whom will likely not have vacationed in a year â the Meritage...