Hospitality Staff for London Olympics 2012

The 2012 Olympics is fast approaching on London and while a large percent of businesses say they are ready for the Olympics, 37 per cent claim to be behind where they should be, a study by Deloitte shows. VisitBritain estimates the potential additional spending by visitors resulting from the Games at more than £2bn. The number of visitors arriving into the UK for London 2012 will be unprecedented.
Fears over the riots effecting tourism numbers for 2012 now seem unfounded with around 380,000 visitors expected for the Games in July next year. Yet only 14 per cent of businesses said they planned to alter their staffing levels to cope, despite 49 per cent claiming the availability of staff during the period to be their biggest challenge.
Graham Pickett, head of travel, hospitality and tourism at Deloitte said, “Having the sufficient levels of staff in place to manage passenger and visitor expectations will be essential and I would urge businesses in the travel, hospitality and leisure sector to act now to ensure they are ready to receive their customers and guests. London 2012 is an immovable deadline and businesses in this sector must recognise that they now need to act quickly to make the most of the opportunity.”
This is an opportunity few in the hospitality industry can afford to pass by. With the general economy still in a slump the injection from the Games will be a tremendous boost to business in London. Deborah Griffin, travel sector lead at Deloitte, added: “It is encouraging to find so many companies in the sector taking the Games seriously and making plans to take advantage of the opportunities it presents.
If you are in the 49% of London businesses who are yet to review their contingency plans for the Games now is the time to do it. Being understaffed in July should not be an option.
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