The UK is the third market in Europe, behind France and Belgium, for Club Med. For Estelle Giraudeau, director for all of Northern Europe from London, almost a year and a half after the triggering of Brexit, unsurprisingly, as in the entire tourism sector, it is at the level of recruitment that the shoe pinches. for the trident mark:
“We have a shortage of candidates for certain positions, on salaries a little lower than managerial positions. It’s a real brake on production for us.”
Because since the exit of the United Kingdom from Europe, effective from January 31, 2020, the British government has established a points system in order to favor the most competent candidates, as in the United States or Canada.
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No more going back to London to work without a visa, companies have to finance for all the European employees they want to bring to the banks of the Thames, which represents a significant cost, even for trainees.
“For us, the subject is important because the trainees are really part of the team, they are real resources and we must finance a visa for them too, even if they only stay six months.”
the Club Med hopes to end this dark period soon. Outside Asia, where it is still sluggish, the group, whose owner is now the Chinese Fosun, hopes at the end of the first half of this year a return to its level of activity of 2019. It even foresees the opening of 16 new villages by next year.
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