Fraud Training + Guests Into Tenants + Employment Emergency + Arbitration + Data Protection

In the mid-sixties the movie ®The Good, the Bad and the Ugly starring Clint Eastwood was released. The movie is about a bounty hunting expedition to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. The movie had some success; however, its title plays on an artful way to describe a set of circumstances.

This can be akin to hotel fraud training: the good, the bad and the ugly. And much like the movie’s theme, a hotel’s employees are vested with maintaining awareness "to find un-fortune-ate fraud buried in possible remote areas of a hotel."

The Good: Increase in Fraud Training
Recently, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) released their Fraud Awareness Training: Benchmark Report (the Report). The Report surveyed ACFE member organizations about how they develop, implement, evaluate, and support their fraud training programs. The results of the survey aide organizations about how they can assess its fraud awareness training efforts and determine whether improvements or updates might be necessary.

How to Resolve the Current State of Emergency in Hospitality Employment

July 26, 2021 via HVS
All tides ebb and flow, and since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way most of the world works, we’re seeing a distinct turning of the tide from being in favor of the employer to holding firm for the employee. This situation is especially apparent in the hospitality industry, where historical talent shortages are being exacerbated by staff quitting in droves as the world returns to work. At the same time, recruiting new talent is becoming even more challenging, just as the industry is trying to recover and reopen.