With CMA Fest just around the corner, Nashville restaurants and hotels are contending with record low employment to meet the demand of this influx of customers.
Nashville-area restaurant workers say CDC quarantine guidance puts them in a ‘precarious situation’
Federal health officials have reduced the recommended COVID-19 isolation period from 10 days to five for people who have no symptoms. But some question whether a shorter quarantine is appropriate amid a winter outbreak. Among those most conflicted are Nashville-area hospitality workers.
‘There’s No Shortage,’ Say Tennessee Hospitality Workers. They Believe The Industry Must Change.
Saturday marks the end of federal unemployment benefits in Tennessee — two months earlier than originally scheduled. Conservative politicians and some business groups have suggested that workers preferred to rely on those benefits rather than go back to working at businesses like restaurants and hotels. But hospitality workers and organizers say that’s inaccurate. Nneka Ebbe, […]
Curious Nashville: Whatever Happened To Nashville’s Revolving Restaurant?
Architect Alan Hayes was driving home from his Brentwood office when he noticed something lighting up the downtown skyline. “It was probably the fall, and the daylight saving time had happened, and all you see is this bright flashing … lights that look like movement on the skyline. It’s the only thing out there. Everything […]
Report: Nashville Hospitality Industry Could Be Waiting On A Years-Long Rebound
Nashville’s prominent hospitality and leisure industry likely won’t return to pre-COVID-19 employment levels until mid-2022, according to an economic impact analysis by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Nashville’s Hotels And Restaurants Have A Hiring Problem
Listen Staffing is the latest hurdle facing Nashville’s growing hospitality industry, which is set to add over 100 restaurants and more than 3,000 hotel rooms by the end of next year. A sparsely attended career fair at Music City Center on Tuesday reflects a much bigger problem facing the city.
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