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Tourism jobs in Europe: 40.7 million, and not enough people
The World Travel & Tourism Council's new Europe report counts 40.7 million jobs supported by travel and tourism and warns that the sector needs more workers than it can find. If you hold a degree in another field and you're thinking about hotels, here's what the numbers do and don't tell you.
Swiss hotel overnight stays 2026: September estimate up 5.5%
The Federal Statistical Office's first estimate puts September 2026 hotel nights 5.45% above a year earlier, after a 2.1% fall in August. Here's what the figures say about when and where Swiss hotels are busiest, and what that means for a Year 1 internship.
Hotel chains in Switzerland now hold 35.6% of rooms
Hotel chains now hold more than a third of Switzerland's hotel rooms, yet nearly nine in ten Swiss hotels don't belong to a chain. Here's what both halves of that picture mean for the year you spend on the commercial side of hotel school.
Average hotel price in Switzerland: 148 francs a guest night
Switzerland's Federal Statistical Office has put a number on what a guest night earns: 148.19 francs on average last winter, 460.01 at five stars, 172.70 in the mountains. Here's how to read the figures, and why hotel students learn to.