The top hotel executives of the Los Angeles-American Accommodation Investment Summit called for a targeted legal immigration plan Trump administrationEssence
Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta said: “One of the most important issues in time and eternal industry is the labor force. Demand.
Craig Smith, CEO of AimBridge Hospital, advocates a more subtle immigration policy and not only focusing on border security.
He said to the audience: “We need to go to the government,” Let's talk about legal immigration '. “” We need some jobs. If people engage in these tasks, can we cross the border? “
Rosanna Maietta, CEO of the American Hotel and Accommodation Association, responded to the demand for actual immigration solutions and acknowledged the complexity of the political pattern.
She said: “Immigration reform is a very excited issue for many people.” She added that although it is unlikely to carry out comprehensive reforms, the industry continues to focus on improving the seasonal workers' plans and obtaining H-2B visas. Especially the opportunity for resort to face a shortage of labor.
“We need to improve [the H-2B] Process, this is a lot of lottery, it feels very random, so it cannot be determined by the needs of the enterprise. “Maietta said.
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What is also worrying is the possible policy International visit Last year, the United States closed from the boundary of the Great Age.
Anthony Capuano, CEO of Marriott International, said he was paying close attention to the government's speech on “strengthening the review of visitors”.
He said: “You considers all the jobs made from the industry from cross -border travel, and then you want to go back to travel ban and other negative impact on our business.”
Geoff Freeman, chief executive officer of the American Travel Association, also criticized what he said that the mixed information he said is being sent to international tourists.
“We are sending information to the world [saying] He said: “We don't want your illegal visitors, and we are not sure if we want your legal visitors.
Frima added that the further intensified thing is Standing in the crisis of visa processingEssence
He said: “At present, people in many countries-45 % of countries in the world need visas to come to the United States.” “The waiting time for interviews is more than 400 days in India. Colombia is more than 680 days. We are telling us from all over the world. Do not want their business and all these problems-mixed-mixed illegal and laws-maybe our greatest attention. “
Despite the challenge, Nassetta expressed his belief Basic aspect of the industry Once the initial policy is uncertain, it may remain strong.
He said: “Business likes determination.” “We have always lived in a very good environment, but you don't know what will happen from the perspective of supervision. [and once we know] Where these things progress, I think this will be transformed into good things for our business. “
