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News and hospitality staffing trends from the expertise at HSS as well as other hospitality industry experts. We offer tips and tools to hospitality staffing professional from General Managers to Housekeeping Directors to Directors of Finance and more. We strive to offer our customers, partners, and all hospitality customers the latest on hospitality staffing trends that reflect the care and consideration that we take every day with the partners we serve.
Thanking HSS Heroes
Like many businesses in the hospitality sector, the coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted our business here at HSS. However, we’ve been able to turn our focus quickly to areas that do have a need for cleaning services, and by deploying our dedicated workers to...
A Message to Employees: Social Distance at Work
At HSS, we're working with employers across the country to find positions for displaced hotel, retail, and restaurant workers. Read more about how we're working through this crisis here.We Care About Your Safety! At HSS, we care deeply about your safety and those...
Cleaning Logistics Centers and Warehouses During The Corona Crisis
Our teams are helping warehouses and logistics centers stay open and sanitized. We've teamed with a number of large corporate brands to enhance their surface cleaning efforts using housekeepers and cleaning staff displaced from hotels. It's about keeping spaces...
HSS Cleaning Crews Keep Pharmacies Open
HSS is working with major pharmacies chains across the U.S. to keep space open, cleaned, and sanitized during the crisis. Cleaning crews normally employed at hotels are being dispatched to stories with cleaning gear and chemicals. We're proud of the work our teams...
How The Corona Virus Is Spread
Here is great video on how the virus actually spreads. This highlights the need for surface cleaning that is consistent. One off deep cleans can be an important part of the strategy, but day-to-day surface cleaning, particularly in high-touch areas, is vital.
Amazon on Cleaning Warehouses
From the Amazon blog on the importance of cleaning in their fulfillment offices: We have increased the frequency and intensity of cleaning at all sites, including regular sanitization of door handles, handrails, touch screens, scanners, and other frequently touched...
Evolving Hotel Needs During COVID Crisis
As National Guard Troops and other government personnel are deployed during this crisis, we’re hearing back from our hotel clients of growing need for cleaning services. HSS is here to help with a field organization ready to deploy housekeepers and public area...
A Message from Tim McPherson, President, HSS on COVID-19
I don’t need to tell you that the COVID-19 virus is having a huge impact In the world of hospitality; you’re experiencing it every day. As the largest supplier of staffing to the hospitality industry, we’re feeling it through our customers, our staff and through the...
COVID-19 Statement
The COVID-19 virus has obviously had a heavy impact on the hospitality industry. HSS has been working with customers and employees to work through this challenging time. We are working with customers to provide enhanced cleaning services and staff for public area...
Interview with Hilton President and CEO, Chris Nassetta
Here's a great interview with Chris Nassetta, President and CEO of Hilton. Nassetta speaks with Fortune Editor-in-Chief, Clifton Leaf at the Great Place to Work’s annual 4ALL Summit. He addressed how Hilton has developed a culture that has put us atop the Best...
News: HSS President, Tim McPherson Named to SIA Staffing 100
HSS is happy to announce that Tim McPherson has been named to the SIA Staffing 100 for North America. This is third year that McPherson made the list as the leader of Hospitality Staffing Solutions. The SIA list celebrates 100 notable individuals whose impact on the...
HSS Wins 2020’s Best of Staffing Client Award
Atlanta, GA – February 4, 2020 - Hospitality Staffing Solutions, a leading staffing agency announced today that they have won Best of Staffing Client Award for providing superior service to their clients. Presented in partnership with presenting sponsor,...
Press Release: Kellermeyer Bergensons Services Acquires Hospitality Staffing Solutions
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services Acquires Hospitality Staffing Solutions Oceanside, CA – January 13, 2020 – Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC (“KBS”), a leading provider of technology-enabled, integrated facility management services, today announced its acquisition...
Our Customer Survey
Every year, HSS participates in a survey of our customers so that we can improve on our service. While we primarily do these surveys to see where we can improve, a side result is seeing customer testimonials come in We're happy to say that Hospitality Staffing...
Limits on H2B Visas
U.S. Immigration has reached its cap on H-2B Visas. Although H-2B's are one strategy for staffing seasonal properties (HSS actually offers services in this area), there are other opportunities to staff properties including recruiting from Puerto Rico as well...
Is Outsourced Housekeeping an option for your Hotel?
By Luke Lindahl, Senior Vice President of Operations. Outsourced Housekeeping In my role, I get to meet with General Managers and Executive Housekeepers every day that struggle with the same problem, how to keep enough Housekeepers on staff to meet the hotel's...
Hiring Seasonal Workers
Seasonal Hiring for Hotels and Resorts For many hotels and resorts, seasonal labor is just a fact of business. Many properties see a high and low season and seasonal worker fill a gap. Other properties simple aren't open for a part of the year and seasonal workers...
Hospitality Staffing Solutions announces Branch Network Expansion of FoodStaff
Staffing Industry Leader, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, is taking its FoodStaff subsidiary brand to many new markets throughout USA Hospitality Staffing Solutions LLC, (HSS) the nation’s leading provider of contingent labor and outsourced services to the Hotel &...