TR TALENT POOL


TRMarketplace offers unfettered support to industry’s ‘best of the best’


The coronavirus pandemic has forced travel retail to make deep and often unwanted job cuts. In a concerted attempt to avert highly skilled professionals taking jobs outside the industry, TRBusiness and Bluedog Productions has extended support to job seekers through TRMarketplace.


comprehensive Knowledge & Insights programme, which includes daily webinars covering every product category, sector and region. Nigel Hardy and Janice Hook,


Owners and Joint Managing Directors of TRBusiness said: “This industry is at risk of losing some incredible talent – including those in senior level positions who have honed their skills over decades in this industry. “Individuals with such vast


Above: The TR Talent Pool Initiative was announced in July this year.


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ravel retail continues to adjust to what has been an unprecedented level of


upheaval due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. However, like other sectors, enforced redundancies has meant the loss of some hugely talented individuals. While others will be taking


advantage of various furlough schemes, others will invariably be seeking work outside the travel and tourism sector.


TRBusiness and Bluedog Productions believe it would be a travesty to lose such a large volume of skilled professionals – some of whom boast more than 20 years’ experience in DF&TR – to other industries. In a bid to retain talent, both


parties announced in July a plan to support those who had lost their jobs in DF&TR as a result of Covid-19 by offering free-of-charge entry to the industry’s first digital networking forum, TRMarketplace (28 September – 2 October). Those eligible will be able to


“This industry is at risk of losing some incredible talent – including those in senior level positions who have honed their skills over decades in this industry.


Individuals with such vast knowledge and experience cannot easily be replaced and this industry will be all the poorer without them.”


Nigel Hardy and Janice Hook, Owners and Joint Managing Directors,


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book meetings with all participants and discuss potential career opportunities. During TRMarketplace week,


visitors seeking employment will be easy to identify by the world’s leading operators, airports, airlines, brands and distributors who have already pre-registered for the event. In turn, those searching for


career opportunities have the chance to connect to other visitors and exhibitors to schedule video meetings within the platform, share their resumes and connect. Additionally, job seekers will gain unlimited access to TRMarketplace’s


knowledge and experience cannot easily be replaced and this industry will be all the poorer without them. “At the same time, young,


energetic and enormously passionate employees, who may have only been in their positions for a matter of months, have also been forced out of the industry, which desperately needs their skills and ingenuity if it is to remain innovative, relevant and exciting for many decades to come.” Nick King, CEO, Bluedog


Productions CEO, added: “Working with such an array of people in the industry, we have seen first-hand the impact that the pandemic has had on businesses and in turn their dedicated and passionate staff. “We want to do whatever we


can to help the people who need it most. For those currently without employment who are new to the industry or those considered to be ‘part of the furniture’, the travel retail sector remains an exciting and forward-thinking industry. “If we can give people the


opportunity to remain a part of it, that will mean our efforts have been rewarded.” «


For more information, visit www.travelretailmarketplace.com


OCTOBER 2020


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