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- Wednesday 24th February, 2027
- 9:00 - 16:00
- De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Why you should attend
- Keep up with the latest workforce and skills issues affecting hospitality, from recruitment and retention to career development.
- Hear how businesses are attracting, developing and retaining people, with practical ideas you can take back to your own team.
- Connect with others working across hospitality, workforce and skills, and share experiences of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
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200+
attendees
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61%
HR, people, talent, learning and development leaders
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100+
businesses in the room
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78%
gained something they could implement in their business
What do our attendees say?
Check out last year's sessions
The adult skills agenda: what's being developed and where next?
Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP, Minister for Employment, Department for Work and Pensions
Data deep-dive: what does it tell us about workforce trends?
Dan Maimone, Head of Global Customer Experience, Harri
The changing world of work
Adam Stanbury, Director of Employer Solutions, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
JKS Restaurants: developing an industry-leading workforce
Sunaina Sethi, Co-Founder and Chief People Officer, JKS Restaurants
Best-in-class: How operators are developing leading teams
Fuller, Smith & Turner, Imperial London Hotels, Loungers, WSH and UKHospitality
The Government view: What to expect and when?
Mark Holmes, Deputy Director, Department for Business and Trade
Maintaining and enhancing good employee relations
Terry Duffy, Strategic Lead for Growth Partnerships, Acas
Legal eagle: what are the biggest changes in the Bill?
Lauren Harkin, Partner, RWK Goodman
The biggest changes for hospitality
McDonald's, Freemans Event Partners and Greene King
Thank you to our official partner
Take a look at last year's event
