{"id":25931,"date":"2022-12-26T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/26\/hotels-are-turning-to-automation-to-combat-labor-shortages\/"},"modified":"2022-12-26T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:21:38","slug":"hotels-are-turning-to-automation-to-combat-labor-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/26\/hotels-are-turning-to-automation-to-combat-labor-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotels are turning to automation to combat labor shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a nutshell:<\/strong> Hotels are increasingly turning to robots to fill jobs previously held by humans. The Garden City Hotel in Long Island invested in a pair of 66-pound, industrial-grade robot vacuums last year at about $30,000 each. That’s an eye-watering amount compared to consumer-grade robot vacs like those from iRobot’s Roomba line but they’ve already paid for themselves multiple times over. <\/p>\n

Garden City Hotel managing director Grady Colin said<\/a> that if they vacuum every floor with a robot, it saves one entire shift. That translates to one person each day that can be reassigned to do other tasks or in this environment, one less employee they have to struggle to hire.<\/p>\n

Merle Ayers, the hotel’s director of banquets, said all they have to do is change the vacuum bags periodically and keep the batteries charged.<\/p>\n

The hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and although travelers have returned to hotels, workers haven’t. According to data from the Labor Department, there are 350,000 fewer people working in hotels today compared to in February 2020 just before the pandemic.<\/p>\n