Travel boom, festive cheer open jobs in hospitality
tourism and hospitality industry is set to create thousands of jobs in the upcoming months, driven by a spike in leisure travel for the festive season as well as a big increase in business trips.
Some 70,000-80,000 jobs (a mix of permanent and temporary roles) are likely to be created as the festive pickup in demand also coincides with the Cricket World Cup, with matches being held in 10 different cities, according to an estimate by staffing company TeamLease.
Besides, this is the first post-Covid year when the industry is expected to see hotel occupancy and footfalls exceeding pre-pandemic levels, and a barrage of expansions by leading hotel chains.
ITC-backed Fortune Hotels, Lemon Tree Hotels and Royal Orchid Hotels, among a host of other large and mid-sized hotels which are opening new properties or acquiring smaller/unbranded hotels to meet the spike in demand, are all aggressively increasing manpower and will hire between 1,500 and 3,000 people each in 6-12 months, said top company executives.
Fortune Hotels plans to increase hiring across the chain by 8-10% compared with last year when it hired about 2,500 employees across the chain.
«As the economic activity gains momentum and we accelerate towards spreading our footprint in newer locations — opening 7-8 more hotels this fiscal year — our manpower requirements are increasing,» said Samir MC, managing director of Fortune Park Hotel. There is a big focus on hiring for the new properties, he added.
Lemon Tree Hotels plans to hire at least 3,000 people in the next one year to increase its headcount from the current 6,500 employees.
