Working in collaboration with the Fáilte Ireland team, Aurion Learning developed the new online learning platform to help support the industry to retain the talent it needs to drive recovery, as well as driving skills development, to meet current and future skills needs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the labour supply and skills across the tourism and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard. The pandemic caused a significant number of skilled workers to leave the sector, with many not returning.
Currently, one in three employees working in tourism and hospitality is new to the sector, which underlines how great the skills gap is and the need for learniFI.