Doubling down on hospitality: Hotel industry looks to fill 1,200 jobs as SF tourism recovers

by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News March 29, 2023March 28, 2023

San Francisco's Union Square appears in a 2017 file photo. A hub of tourist activity prior to the pandemic, the downtown area has struggled to recover from lockdowns, layoffs and lack of international visitors. But that is expected to change this summer, and officials with the city and hospitality industry want to be prepared by hiring more workers in tourism-related positions. (Bernard Spragg/Flickr, CC0)

As San Francisco leaders make plans to revive the Union Square shopping district, hotels in the city want to fill 1,200 jobs.

During a joint news conference Tuesday at a downtown hotel, national, state and local hospitality leaders said they have high hopes for a bustling summer tourism season as the industry makes a slow recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns.

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