M&A’s Impact On The Hotel Talent Market

Chris Mumford | September 27, 2016

By Chris Mumford What challenges will we face as the sector consolidates? "I expect there are a lot of people out on the market at present?" I have been presented with this supposition on a large number of occasions this year, mostly by small to medium sized hotel groups who are hopeful that the consolidation currently underway in the sector equates to an abundance of laid off talent that they can snap up. The thinking goes that the M&A activity currently underway such as the Marriott/Starwood and Accor/FRHI deals will result in the exit of senior executives from these companies thereby giving rise to an influx of highly experienced...