Corona causes mass emigration of employees in the hospitality industry

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2G in the hospitality industry: After the crisis there is a lack of employees

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The managing director of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga), Ingrid Hartges, warns of an escalation of the personnel shortage in the hospitality industry in view of the corona restrictions.

If the pandemic "is not successfully combated as quickly as possible, I fear worse," Hartges told the newspapers of the Funke media group.

"A maximally professional vaccination management is now required".

Most recently, 8.4 percent fewer employees were employed in the hospitality industry than in 2019.

"The hospitality industry lost around 100,000 employees as a result of the pandemic by September 2021," said Hartges.

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The Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW) also spoke up.

Federal Managing Director Markus Jerger is calling for the new government to make improvements in the state's bridging aid for companies particularly affected by the pandemic.

"It is up to the new federal government to prevent the lights from going out in many companies at the end of the year," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group on Wednesday.

Jerger demanded, among other things, that the thresholds in the event of a corona-related drop in sales, from which companies can apply for state aid, be significantly reduced.

Sectors such as the hotel and restaurant industry as well as inner-city retail are exposed to existence-threatening restrictions because of the pandemic, said Jerger.

In addition to stagnant supply chains, rising procurement costs, high energy and fuel prices, the slowed Christmas business is also causing problems.

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