There’s currently over 130 thousand open positions in the hotel industry nationwide according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association. 2022 is on pace to surpass that record year. “They want to go to the theme parks, they want to go somewhere that has attractions for the whole family.”Īccording to Visit Orlando, a record of nearly 76 million travelers came to Central Florida in 2019. “Orlando, I think for any people, is the way to explore for many Europeans going here,” Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Bjorn Larsen explains. On Tuesday, 305 travelers from Norway flew in to Orlando for the first time on Norse Atlantic Air.

With over 50 airlines flying in and out of Orlando from around the world. There is no doubt more tourists are coming to Central Florida and spending more money, but one industry still has a big problem. So far, this year alone four months in 2022 has been four of the best five months in the history of TDT collections. Norse Atlantic Airways.Ī good barometer to look at with how good tourism has been in Central Florida is by looking at Tourism Development Tax dollars In Orange County.

On Tuesday, another new airline had its inaugural flight in and out of MCO to Oslo, Norway. The number one position in need right now is housekeeping.

Housekeeping the number one role currently needed in hotels.

Over 130,000 hotel industry jobs are available in the U.S.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association survey shows 97% of hotels surveyed are experiencing a staffing shortage.

That job listing is accessible on the TEGNA website. We will also be posting an additional meteorologist position to support our weekend weather, so stay tuned for news about that at a later time.' Danielle Grant will shift to a Monday through Friday schedule to provide weather for the 6:00, 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. But according to Cornetta, the move had been in the works for months.Ī note shared with 9News staff in April reads: 'At her request, chief meteorologist Kathy Sabine will anchor weather for our 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.

Thank you! #Colorado! #9NEWS /WtMT0hyPo1- Kathy Sabine JBecause Sabine didn't share details about the shift, there's been plenty of speculation about what might have happened. So I'm feeling grateful tonight, and I hope you'll look for me on 9News at four and five. I feel like I grew up with you, and you were there with me and supporting me all along the way. You all have been with me through marriages, divorces, graduations - the highs and lows, the ups and downs of my 29 years here, and I'm just so grateful for the support from all of you. I'm feeling a lot of things, as you might imagine. To find me, you're going to have to watch at four and five in the afternoon with my homies, Kim Christiansen and Tom Green, who I started with here 29 years ago. But this is my last night of doing the late news. This is the evening of the anniversary of 29 years at the station and eighteen years on evenings, and it has been an honor and a privilege to bring you the weather during these past eighteen years on the late news. 'I'm outside here in the 9News backyard feeling a little emotional and a little nostalgic. Late on June 1, Sabine shared a video on her social-media outlets revealing that her regular appearances on the 10 p.m. Last week, though, the forecast grew a little cloudy. He added: 'We are happy that she will be part of our team for years to come.' That October, however, Sabine confirmed that she had signed what Cornetta characterized at the time as a long-term contract. And while she is currently traveling and unavailable for comment, Mark Cornetta, 9News president and general manager, as well as a senior vice president for TEGNA, the signal's parent company, confirms that the change was her decision.īack in February 2019, Westword published ' 9News's Kathy Sabine Reflects About 25 Years on Denver TV, Uncertain Future.' In that profile, Sabine spoke glowingly about her time at the station but conceded that her contract was coming to an end - and while negotiations had gotten underway, 'there is some uncertainty,' she noted. Sabine isn't leaving 9News, though she'll continue to deliver the weather on the 4 and 5 p.m. weeknight newscast, the Mile High City's ratings leader for decades. But she will no longer be at the center of the station's signature 10 p.m. For more than a quarter-century, 9News meteorologist Kathy Sabine has been among the most popular personalities on Denver television.

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