‘Good Summer’ In the Middle East, “we had a really good summer, well above expectations" as travel corridors gradually opened amid rising vaccination rates, Mark Willis, Accor’s CEO for India, Middle East, Africa & Turkey.
The hospitality industry “has been rehiring across the board for the past three months," Guy Hutchinson, president and CEO of Abu Dhabi-based hotel operator Rotana, said in an interview.
In the past three months, Rotana hired about 400 staff across the UAE and will continue to recruit as it opens new hotels, he said.
Rotana was forced to lay off less than 5% of its workforce at the start of the pandemic and by the end of February, it rehired 70% of those who were let go.