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October 20, 2021

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Act Now to Meet Fast Approaching Training Deadlines to Prevent Sexual Harassment

Before the arrival of holiday guests and activities, ensure your employees and managers complete state-mandated training to prevent sexual harassment. In addition to staying compliant, you’ll be creating a safer work environment for staff members by providing valuable training on how to prevent and address misconduct by guests and coworkers.

California Lodging Industry Association has teamed with Traliant to provide you with award-winning training on how to prevent discrimination and harassment in the hotel industry. For a free preview, click here.

Train your team on Harassment Prevention, Human Trafficking & Bloodborne Pathogens

Get it all done with the California Lodging Industry Association and Traliant, all 3 courses only $38 per learner.

Hook Your Potential Customer To Your Hotel Website By Rich Media Content

by INNsight

Hooking your ideal visitor to your website can be a tricky proposition. Customers have become sophisticated day by day with more expectations with the Brand. Did you know, according to a study done by Influence & Co, readers' engagement time was only two minutes and two seconds, and they only consume 53% of the content.

To grab your potential customer's attention, you have to supplement your content with rich media. To understand how rich media can help, we have to define what rich media content is and how it allows you to hook more visitors to your website.

Answers to Common Questions about Completing Form I-9

By Sunny Lee, CalChamber

As employers are again hiring, a number of questions have arisen concerning the Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form). The following questions and answers may help to address questions you may have.

• Can an employer require that a new hire complete the I-9 Form before their first day of employment?

Yes. An employer may provide the I-9 Form to an applicant once they have accepted the offer of employment. The I-9 Form itself gives that permission by stating the employee must complete Section 1 no later than the first day of employment but not before accepting an offer of employment.

How COVID-19 has changed laundry operations

By Esther Hertzfeld hotelmanagement.net

The pandemic keeps impacting hotel operations in many ways but staffing may be the hardest hit right now. While that issue impacts all of a hotel's operations, it is definitely impacting the laundry operations on properties large and small.

“Despite progress, the emergence of the delta variant and increased numbers have made recovery slow and kept properties from ramping up staffing,” said Steve Bowie, GM of the on-premises laundry segment for Alliance Laundry Systems. “Many on-premises laundries are ...

CDC Issues Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Holiday Travel

By Patrick Clark Travelpulse

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated COVID-19 guidance for the upcoming holiday season, urging Americans to continue to get vaccinated and encouraging mask wearing in public spaces.

"Because many generations tend to gather to celebrate holidays, the best way to minimize COVID-19 risk and keep your family and friends safer is to get vaccinated if you're eligible," the agency states on its website. "Protect those not yet eligible for vaccination such as young children by getting yourself and...