Hospitality industry trying to staff up
Peabody Hotel spa manager Katie Williams performs double duty as she sanitizes the common areas inside The Peabody Memphis on April 3, 2020. (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)
With the economy recovering, local hotels and restaurants are hiring again. But are there enough potential employees to keep up with the increase in demand?
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.