Stubborn image and staff shortage disastrous for the hospitality industry: ‘Will see quite a few bankruptcies’

Florentine Rijkmans (33) has always had a thing for catering. It all started when she got a part-time job in a brasserie at a young age. She recently became director of Horecava, the largest Dutch trade fair in the hospitality industry where thousands of professionals from the world of food and drink meet. “Horeca is going to have an exciting year.”

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