As labor negotiations restart, Finnair management is raising the stakes. The threat of pilot redundancies will be front of mind when further talks begin next week.
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to luxury hospitality, but Accor believes it’s up to major brands in the space to push the envelope. After a major rebranding, Sofitel has taken up the mantle of redefining luxury by investing heavily in team training, taking a stand for sustainability, and more.
Booking Holdings resumed hiring fairly aggressively after the pandemic, but is now trimming its workforce as part of a plan to get a handle on costs. A major part of the reorganization is to figure out the best areas for investment.
Delta's non-unionized flight attendants could make another push to organize "in a few months," said Sara Nelson, head of a 55,000-member union. Nelson cited broader public support for labor as one driver of change.
Was Booking Holdings getting too fat? With operating costs outpacing revenue growth, something had to give. We might not know the exact chess moves for awhile.
Booking's revenue has blown past pandemic levels, and it added back nearly 4,000 employees. Expedia trimmed its workforce anew in 2024 following completion of a tech migration.
If you double your hotel empire over a decade, someone's eventually going to ask: "Hey, are we running this thing efficiently?" At Marriott, that someone is CEO Anthony Capuano.