Event management cos, hotels tap temp staff for G20 events

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hospitality industry. Hotels hosting the G20 delegates and visitors during this period made arrangements in advance to avoid last-minute staff shortages, Garg said. “Also, visas for expat chefs were expedited by the ministry of external affairs and consular missions in preparation for the G20 Summit," she added.

New Delhi is hosting the 18th G20 Summit on 9-10 September, but expect large number of visitors ahead of the scheduled events. Several hotels in the capital have managed to move around their teams to branches where G20 delegations are staying. Indian Hotels Co.

Ltd’s network in Delhi redeployed employees to cater to additional work. A spokesperson for the Taj Mahal hotel at Mansingh Road said since it is hosting regular visitors as well as delegates arriving for the G20 events, it has increased manpower through redeployments from locations outside Delhi, including security teams and on-ground teams like chefs. Data from travel services firm RateGain shows the average daily rate—a key metric for hoteliers to measure revenue—during 7-11 September was up to ₹26,000, an over fourfold rise from ₹6,000 seen over the past one year.

“G20 will need temp workers who are hired from staffing firms and event management companies .There has been an intake of gig workforce for profiles like ushers and security personnel, and their hiring has taken place few months ago ," said Lohit Bhatia, president, workforce management, at business services provider Quess Corp. Recruiters said most of the gig workers are young professionals looking to boost their resumes or trainees from colleges. “The daily pay will be about ₹1,500 a day for the gig workforce when a similar job for a month could fetch them ₹10,000," said Rituparna