Hospitality

This year's Pro-Am is a Signature PGA event, which means more pro golfers, less celebrities and a much bigger purse.

Businesses are finding new ways to attract and keep employees, as workers rethink how and where they work, and whether they want a 9-to-5 office job at all.

The Monterey Conference Center is still struggling to get back to where it was before the pandemic. As variant after variant sweeps across the world, the City of Monterey is trying to figure out the role of a 40,000 square-foot conference center in an increasingly virtual world.

Businesses across the Monterey Bay are suffering a critical shortage of workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospitality industry normally employs 26,000 people on the peninsula. But now, many restaurants, hotels and retail shops are struggling to operate, often lacking over a third of their pre-pandemic workforce.

After what feels like a year-long slumber, the Monterey Bay area is beginning to reawaken. COVID-19 infections are falling, vaccinations are increasing…

The hospitality industry on the Monterey Peninsula typically employs more than 23,000 workers. But these are not normal times and restaurants and workers…