Wanted Analytics (04/05/12) Abby Lombardi
During the past two months, travel agencies, hotels, casinos,
airlines, and other travel-related businesses have advertised
more than 24,000 jobs online, a 22% increase from a year earlier.
Hotels posted 18,000 of the ads, followed by travel agencies and
casino hotels. The most in-demand occupations are hotel, motel,
and resort desk clerks; maids and housekeeping cleaners;
first-line supervisors or managers of food preparation and
serving workers; waiters and waitresses; and restaurant cooks.
The Washington, DC, metro area saw the highest volume of jobs in
the industry, followed by the New York metro area and the Las
Vegas metro area.