The booming hotel industry is driving the country’s jobs market as operators race to increase capacity ahead of the Expo 2020.
Online recruitment activity in the hospitality and tourism sector rose 34 per cent year on year in the UAE, as a spate of new hotel construction ahead of the Expo creates demand for new workers, according to data from Monster, the recruitment website. Recruitment for the hospitality industry is now growing faster than in any other sector. One of the groups in hiring mode is Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental hotel, due to launch in Dubai in 2017.
The company will enter the Arabian Gulf region for the first time with a 200-room luxury property on Jumeirah Beach Road near the Burj Al Arab. “We have three colleagues to one room, so we expect to hire at least 600 people for the hotel,” said Christoph Mares, who manages the company’s Middle East business. Starwood, one of the largest hotel operators in the world, is scheduled to open 10 properties in the UAE through the first half of 2017. These include W Abu Dhabi, expected in 2016, W Dubai on The Palm in 2017, and Aloft Sharjah in 2016. Across its 22 properties in the UAE, the company currently has openings for 377 people.
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Online recruitment activity in the hospitality and tourism sector rose 34 per cent year on year in the UAE, as a spate of new hotel construction ahead of the Expo creates demand for new workers, according to data from Monster, the recruitment website. Recruitment for the hospitality industry is now growing faster than in any other sector. One of the groups in hiring mode is Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental hotel, due to launch in Dubai in 2017.
The company will enter the Arabian Gulf region for the first time with a 200-room luxury property on Jumeirah Beach Road near the Burj Al Arab. “We have three colleagues to one room, so we expect to hire at least 600 people for the hotel,” said Christoph Mares, who manages the company’s Middle East business. Starwood, one of the largest hotel operators in the world, is scheduled to open 10 properties in the UAE through the first half of 2017. These include W Abu Dhabi, expected in 2016, W Dubai on The Palm in 2017, and Aloft Sharjah in 2016. Across its 22 properties in the UAE, the company currently has openings for 377 people.
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