The hospitality industry is the 4th largest employing sector in the UK with 3.2million employees at present, yet it remains affected by high turnover and an increasing cost of recruitment.
Poised to create a landmark change in the hospitality industry, Hotelhouse.co is a bespoke hospitality recruitment platform. Based in London, Hotelhouse.co offers a unique approach to hotel owners, offering an alternative to traditional recruitment methods.
Hotelhouse.co is designed to reduce the high staff turnover that blights the industry, plus increase staff retention, address the issue of a lack of suitable candidates and reduce the high costs of hiring by allowing hoteliers to advertise their roles for free.
Founded by Vivek Chadha - founder and CEO of Nine Hotel Group owning and operating over 20 hotels across the UK - the hotelier identified a gap in the market for a hotel-specific recruitment platform. Vivek is using his extensive first hand experience to change hotel recruitment from the inside, simplifying the existing hospitality recruitment model.
The Hotelhouse.co platform runs a strict qualifying process for a hotel to be listed on the site - the hotel must offer a minimum level of benefits staff and also have a focus on employee wellbeing.
Chadha says:
‘We’re not just another hospitality recruitment agency or jobs board, as we’re not looking to profit from advertising vacancies or benefit from the high rate of turnover that we all see and that is increasing as we start to see the impact of Brexit on the hospitality industry. EU workers form a large percentage of our industry and as the Brexit negotiations proceed, we’re seeing a negative impact across the industry as we are struggling to attract and recruit highly qualified and experienced staff into our teams due to the ongoing uncertainty.
With Hotelhouse.co, we’re aiming to solve issues we see all the time in the hotel industry - high recruitment costs, frequent staff turnover and a lack of the right candidates for the right roles. The platform is designed to focus on what we need - high quality candidates for our job vacancies that aren’t costly to advertise - and what candidates want - a great working environment in a select group of hotels with employee benefits such as health insurance, gym membership and even Netflix accounts!’
Zamir Hirji, owner of Ashley Hotels, believes Hotelhouse.co will simplify finding candidates for vacancies, stating:
‘It is difficult for hoteliers to find great candidates, period. Hotelhouse.co is focused on providing a real long-term solution for hotels.’
Changing the perception that a career in hospitality is not aspirational, Hotelhouse.co aims to attract hospitality talent from around the world, with users based in London, New York, Paris and Amsterdam applying for roles in hospitality businesses through the platform.
Initially focused in and around London, with the intention of expanding across the UK, the platform currently has 2,500 registered users from around the world and is targeting 50,000 users.