The Ukrainian Hotel & Resort Association (UHRA) is working to provide opportunities for Ukrainian hoteliers to be employed during forced emigration.
As UHRA President Iryna Sedletska said on Facebook, it is primarily about Poland and Romania.
“In Romania, due to friendly relations with the President of Federația Industriei Hoteliere din Româniaei Calin Ile, we managed to agree on priority assistance to refugees from Ukraine in finding work in hotels in Romania, as well as other areas of the Romanian economy, using the resource https://jobs4ukr.com/jobs With the start of preparations for the summer tourist season, hotels in the Constanta region (a resort region on the Black Sea) will agree with FIHR member hotels on the priority consideration of Ukrainians as job candidates,” Sedletska said.
Reportedly, Anastasia Romanenko has been appointed coordinator and regional representative of the UHRA in Romania on all issues of Ukrainian-Romanian cooperation on the placement of Ukrainian refugees in Romanian hotels and other premises, temporary employment and other support for members.
New quality criteria and principles of hotel classification, developed by a working group under the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine, have already been submitted for public discussion, President of the Ukrainian Hotel & Resort Association (UHRA) Iryna Sidletska told Interfax-Ukraine at IV International Hospitality Conference, which took place on Friday, June 18.
“The complex process of creating new quality criteria and principles of hotel classification has lasted several months. The final text has been submitted for public discussion. After receiving public comments, the working group will consider them. By mid-July, we have a chance to receive updated hotel star standards under Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 803,” Sidletska said.
According to the expert, when developing new quality criteria and hotel classification principles, the best practices of international and national systems, in particular, the Association of Hotels, Restaurants, Pubs and Cafes (HOTREC), Hotelstars Union, as well as ISO industry standards, were taken into account.
As reported, the commission for assigning stars to hotels resumed work on March 16, 2021, and 11 meetings were held during this period.
