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Originally Posted By TDLFAN In regards to Myers... God help us, but I only hope improvements will come to both areas with his departure. But not holding my breath.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Hotels and transportation ops are being merged into one org? That's got to be one humongous team. I expect there to be layoffs and lots of shuffling as they sort things out. I guess it could be a good thing for guests if the intent is to raise transportation service to the level of the hotels.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not sure I understand the title of the new "Walt Disney World Resort Operations". Does that mean it's hotel operations? Or operations of the non-specific areas within WDW? If it's the latter, this move makes a lot of sense: put transportation in the same division as the team that maintains the roads and back of house stuff. If it's the former, I'm just not sure I can make any sense out of the move; hotels and transportation have almost nothing in common beyond the same guests (who also visit the parks, DTD, etc yet are in separate divisions)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It means hotel operations. The article says,"Tom will be leading a reorganization of Walt Disney World’s lodging division in the coming months".
Originally Posted By sjhym333 What an odd move. What does resort operations know about moving people from place to place?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's not uncommon for hotels to operate shuttles and ground transportation, although not on the scale of WDW though. It all can be categorized under hospitality I guess, depending on how you look at it. Hotels aren't considered dining establishments or retailers, yet a big chunk of their revenue can come from catering, restaurant services and shops.
