Immediately, on World Refugee Day, Marriott Worldwide introduced it has dedicated to hiring greater than 1,500 refugees all through its European area by 2026. This follows Marriott’s dedication to hiring over 1,500 refugees by 2025 in the US. Marriott President and CEO Anthony Capuano introduced Marriott’s hiring dedication throughout the Tent Partnership for Refugees European Enterprise Summit this week.
“At Marriott Worldwide, we imagine in being a drive for good and making a optimistic and sustainable affect within the communities the place we do enterprise,” stated Capuano. “Throughout Europe, this has included assist for refugees from Ukraine because the begin of the conflict. Our deal with creating job alternatives has already led to over 970 refugees being employed throughout dozens of our inns within the European area. Marriott’s objective to rent an extra 1,500 refugees in Europe builds on the work we’re doing to advertise alternatives for refugees within the U.S. and highlights our steadfast dedication to place folks first and supply financial alternative for refugees and underrepresented populations.”
For over 96 years, Marriott has created a tradition of welcoming all who stroll via its doorways—company and associates from world wide. The corporate has an extended historical past of offering expertise improvement and coaching for jobs within the hospitality trade, empowering refugees to create a optimistic future for themselves, their households, and their communities. Some Marriott inns are offering lately resettled refugee staff with sources and tailor-made assist, equivalent to on-site translators, prayer rooms, and help with navigating public transportation. Constructing on its hiring dedication, Marriott launched a careers website to showcase alternatives for refugees trying to apply for positions within the U.S.
Marriott lately highlighted the unimaginable journey of cousins Ehsanullah Safi and Shah Faisal Safi and their households. The Safis left Afghanistan in August of 2021 and at the moment are proud associates on the Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ. Marriott additionally shared Lidia Tomshivska’s story, a local of Ukraine who fled to Germany and started working on the Leipzig Marriott Resort. In simply over a yr, she has turn into practically fluent in German and is enrolling in hospitality faculty.
Marriott continues its longstanding efforts with the Worldwide Rescue Committee (IRC), to coach and rent refugees. Since 2016, Marriott’s assist has helped the IRC practice practically 1,000 refugees within the U.S. in hospitality and workforce expertise via its Hospitality Hyperlink program and different initiatives. This yr, Marriott is supporting IRC’s Hospitality Hyperlink program in Tucson, AZ, and Denver, CO, and also will assist elevated coaching for IRC financial empowerment employees, serving to them develop high-quality and impactful job readiness applications for his or her refugee purchasers.
In recognition of World Refugee Day, Marriott and Welcome.US – a U.S. initiative to encourage, mobilize, and empower People to welcome and assist these in search of refuge within the U.S. – will collaborate on a #LoveTravels activation on the Wawa Welcome America Pageant in Philadelphia, PA, June 19 – July 4, 2023. #LoveTravels represents Marriott’s dedication to advance inclusion, and equality, and making a optimistic and sustainable affect wherever it does enterprise. Marriott will spotlight its dedication to refugee hiring via its #BeAWelcomer lightbox show on the pageant.