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One in Three: Why Immigrant Talent Keeps America's Hotels Running
A new hospitality labor report shows one in three US hotel and restaurant workers is foreign born, in an industry already replacing most of its staff every year. Here is what that means for hiring internationally.
September 7, 2026 · 3 min read
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View all storiesSix Open Roles at a Time: The Real Story Behind Hospitality's Staffing Gap
September 6, 2026
The L-1 Visa: A Steadier Route as H-1B Costs Keep Climbing
September 5, 2026
Italy's Food Exports Just Broke a Record. So Did the Tariffs on the Way to America
September 4, 2026
Hospitality's AI Hesitation Isn't a Lag. It's a Strategy.
September 2, 2026
The Schedule Effect: What Keeps Hospitality Staff in 2026
September 1, 2026
The Hidden Math of Hospitality Hiring
August 31, 2026
Hospitality Payrolls Fell Twice This Summer. Hotels Are Still Short-Staffed
August 30, 2026
Italy's Food and Wine Tourism Just Had Its Best Year Yet
August 29, 2026
After the Click Day: What Italy's Visa Numbers Show
August 28, 2026
Twenty Days, One Click: How Italy Fills Its Own Hospitality Jobs
August 25, 2026
The AI Hiring Rulebook Just Arrived, and Hospitality Was Already Ahead of It
August 24, 2026
The O-1 Visa: No Cap, No Lottery, for Italy's Most Decorated Chefs
August 20, 2026
Italy's Luxury Property Market Has No Single Story in 2026
August 19, 2026
Italian Restaurant Wages Just Outpaced Their Own Contract
August 18, 2026
The Five-Year Pipeline Behind Every Great Italian Hospitality Hire
August 17, 2026
The H-2B Clock Just Started Ticking for FY 2027
August 16, 2026
Italy Needs Hospitality Workers Too: Inside the 2026 Decreto Flussi Numbers
August 15, 2026
What It Actually Takes to Bring an Italian Food Product Into the US
August 14, 2026
US Hotels Are Rebuilding Their Sourcing Pipelines, and Italy Fits Right In
August 13, 2026
Italy's Luxury Property Boom, and What Foreign Buyers Are Actually Buying
August 13, 2026
The Q-1 Visa: Built for Disney, Useful for Italian Hospitality
August 13, 2026
UNESCO Made Italian Cuisine Heritage. Here's What That Means for Your Kitchen
August 13, 2026
Italy Is Building Hotels Faster Than It Can Staff Them
August 13, 2026
The Zero-Cost Benefit That's Quietly Cutting Hospitality Turnover
August 11, 2026
Ferragosto by the Numbers, and Who's Working Through It
August 9, 2026
Italy's 120 Million Euro Bet on Staff Housing, and Why Talent Still Leaves
August 7, 2026
A Record Year for Michelin Stars, and a Warning for Italian Kitchens
August 6, 2026
Pay Is Up, Loyalty Is Down: What That Means for Hospitality Hiring
August 5, 2026
The Demographic Math Behind Europe's Hospitality Staffing Gap
August 4, 2026
The EB-3 Green Card: A Slower Path to Permanence for Italian Chefs
August 3, 2026
Rising Wages Aren't Solving Hospitality's Staffing Gap
August 2, 2026
Hospitality Hiring Is Getting Faster. The Talent Pool Still Matters Most
July 30, 2026
Italian Cuisine Is Now World Heritage. Here's What That Means for Our Chefs
July 27, 2026
The J-1 Route: A Practical First Step Into American Hospitality
July 22, 2026
Why People Stay: Rethinking Hospitality Retention in 2026
July 21, 2026
One in Ten: Europe's Hospitality Staffing Gap in 2026
July 19, 2026
The H-2B Window Is Still Open: A 2026 Guide for Hospitality Employers
July 18, 2026
Why Hospitality Hiring Still Needs a Human Eye in the Age of AI
July 17, 2026
The Real Cost of Turnover, and Why Hotels Are Looking to Italy
July 16, 2026
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July 10, 2026