These Are the Best Hotel Companies to Work for in 2016
Photo Credit: Hyatt Hotels was named one of the 100 best companies to work for by Fortune magazine. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
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Unfortunately missing from these lists, however, are smaller firms that may, arguably, treat their employees just as well as these bigger ones do. Still, a lot of companies, regardless of industry, could learn from the ways in which they treat and value their workforces.
The fact that the global hospitality industry is huge cannot be understated.
In the U.S. alone, the leisure and hospitality sector, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, employs nearly 15.5 million people. Globally, the hospitality industry produced revenues of $457 billion in 2011 and this year, it is estimated to generate $550 billion.
And who’s powering all of that revenue? Millions of people around the world.
The battle to attract top talent and retain them over the years has also been a challenge, in particular for hospitality companies. This is especially true at a time when the industry must confront rising minimum wages in cities across the U.S., or potential labor-related challenges posed by the Brexit vote, as it pertains to foreign labor.
Dream Hotel Group CEO Jay Stein, for example, said, one of his biggest concerns involves finding the right people to work with him at his company.
“The labor issue is always something that’s affected our industry
