Greece Faces Dual Staffing Crisis in Hospitality Sector

Greece Faces Two Hotel Crises at Once: 85,000 Missing Seasonal Workers and a Shortage of Executives to Run the Resorts

Greece's hospitality sector is grappling with a dual staffing crisis heading into peak summer. Α publicly documented shortfall of 85,000 frontline seasonal workers and a less visible but equally pressing shortage of senior executives to manage its expanding luxury resort infrastructure — prompting two Greek universities to launch the country's only postgraduate degree dedicated exclusively to hotel management at the corporate level. The University of West Attica and the Hellenic Mediterranean...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA