Saudi Arabia’s luxury hotel boom is creating an unexpected challenge: finding enough qualified employees. Proposed minimum staffing requirements, expanding Saudization rules, and thousands of new hotel rooms could reshape hospitality employment, increase operating costs, and determine whether the Kingdom can deliver the five-star service its tourism ambitions promise.
The social media landscape is fundamentally altering the travel industry, ranging from the rise of “destination dupes” and “raw-dogging” flights to the growing trend of grocery store tourism.
