THE TRAVEL sector is no exception to the scramble for talent, reveals a new report published today. “Restarting travel”, a study from Barclays Corporate Banking, quizzed over 500 travel industry decision makers about their experiences of the past 12 months and expectations for the year ahead.
Recruiting and retaining staff and travel restrictions both impacted over a third (37%) of travel businesses, but a significant nine in ten (92%) of travel firms admitted to facing shortages over the past 12 months. Barclays’ analysis shows that prospective candidates have come to perceive the travel sector as lacking opportunity and an increasingly unstable career choice.
But as restrictions lift and confidence begins to return, so has optimism for growth around the future of the industry. Four in five businesses (84%) declared that confidence in recovery is high, thanks to the release of pent-up demand from customers keen to travel once more. The…