Hospitality

Hospitality refers to the provision of accommodations, food, and other services to travelers, tourists, and other guests. Hospitality is a large and diverse industry that includes a range of businesses and organizations, such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other types of accommodation.

The hospitality industry is known for its focus on customer service and providing guests with a high level of comfort and convenience. Hospitality businesses often strive to create a welcoming and enjoyable experience for their guests, and they may offer a variety of amenities and services, such as fitness centers, spas, and recreational facilities.

The hospitality industry is an important contributor to many economies around the world, and it plays a key role in the tourism sector. Hospitality workers, including front desk staff, housekeeping staff, and food and beverage staff, are responsible for ensuring that guests have a pleasant and enjoyable experience during their stay.

 

 

Investigations Team Tracks and Rescues Female Before Exploitation Occurs
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Investigations Team Tracks and Rescues Female Before Exploitation Occurs

Our investigations team was recently informed of Asha*, a female en route to Kuwait for promised employment. Her husband, Sitaram*, was a mason in their village in South Asia, but due to chronic leg pain, he was unable to walk properly and struggled to provide for his family. Their economic situation was dire as they…

How traffickers are targeting area kids – Oakridger
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How traffickers are targeting area kids – Oakridger

Vulnerable children in East Tennessee are being targeted by traffickers seeking to get them to perform free labor or sex for profit, according to Lisa Bolton of the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking (CCAHT). She spoke online recently to the Women’s Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge. Offering various real-life scenarios during her online presentation, Bolton…

Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force will hold annual summit January 26–27
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Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force will hold annual summit January 26–27

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal activity in the world and the fastest-growing. Awareness in the United States has increased, but human trafficking continues to go underreported due to its nature of isolation, the misconception of the definition of human trafficking and the lack of awareness of its signs and indicators. Human trafficking occurs when…

Local group using coffee to bring awareness to human trafficking – WEEK 25
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Local group using coffee to bring awareness to human trafficking – WEEK 25

PEORIA (25 News Now) – Human trafficking might call to mind images of shady, far-off alleys with seedy masterminds taking advantage of innocent people until the leading action hero comes in to save the day. The reality is often far less dramatic and far more common. The Center for Prevention of Abuse is partnering with…

'Working like a slave': Why human trafficking in restaurants is underreported – WGBH
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'Working like a slave': Why human trafficking in restaurants is underreported – WGBH

Working in Boston-area restaurants over the last 15 years, Billy often felt like a slave. He was caught in a seemingly never-ending cycle of labor and exploitation, striving to pay off debts, sick from stress and overwork, terrified about being turned over to immigration officials. The 41-year-old Salvadoran immigrant said he started his first restaurant…

Hard Rock announces expanded efforts to prevent human trafficking in the industry
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Hard Rock announces expanded efforts to prevent human trafficking in the industry

Hard Rock International marked January 11 as the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day by expanding action to strengthen the industry’s role in combating and preventing human trafficking.  Human trafficking, which includes commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, is “a complex challenge for the entire global hospitality industry because it intersects a range of organized criminal…

Law enforcement tackles labor trafficking on the Western Slope | VailDaily.com
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Law enforcement tackles labor trafficking on the Western Slope | VailDaily.com

Meghan Lundstrom speaks at the Battlement to the Bells Anti-Human Trafficking Summit Jan. 10, 2020. This year, the summit’s public training was removed, and the Human Trafficking Prevention Month training focused on law enforcement prevention. Thomas Phippen/Post Independent January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Nationwide, law enforcement agencies strategize year-round to combat human trafficking. Locally,…

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month || Understanding the forms of human trafficking – eParisExtra.com
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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month || Understanding the forms of human trafficking – eParisExtra.com

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month to raising awareness about human trafficking and educating the public about how to identify and prevent this crime. The U.S. Department of State raises awareness of human trafficking domestically and abroad, through U.S. embassies and consulates. “Trafficking in persons,”…

U.S. Guest Worker Visa Program expands rapidly – and, with it, worker abuse and exploitation
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U.S. Guest Worker Visa Program expands rapidly – and, with it, worker abuse and exploitation

The U.S. government is expanding its non-agricultural temporary worker visa (H-2B) program to “unprecedented” levels. H-2B workers are tied to their employers making it difficult for them to leave their jobs. Unscrupulous employers take advantage of this, charging exorbitant recruitment fees or withholding wages knowing that they can get away with it. Members of Congress…

Sex and labor trafficking reports in South Carolina continue to increase | Columbia News
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Sex and labor trafficking reports in South Carolina continue to increase | Columbia News

COLUMBIA — Reports on the exploitation and trafficking of workers in South Carolina spiked in 2022 while the number of children identified as sex-trafficking victims also rose, according an annual report by the state’s Human Trafficking Task Force. Awareness has contributed to the continuous rise in reports over the past decade since the task force was…