Saint Louis Job News & Opportunities St. Louis Front Page is a weekly news publication, with daily updates, spotlighting attractions, events, business and hospitality in St. Louis, Missouri and Southwest Illinois. St. Louis News Community Info St. Louis Job News St. Louis CitySide Business News St. Charles News Southwest, IL News Fairview Heights,IL Art Gallery News Hotel News Restaurant News Style St. Louis Not Just For Kids   Downtown Map America's Center Busch Stadium Gateway Arch Savvis Center Laclede's Landing Old Courthouse Union Station Washington Avenue   Metropolitan Map Casinos Clayton, MO Grand Center Grant's Farm Forest Park Kimmswick, MO MO Botanical Garden Soulard St. Charles, MO West Port Plaza Transportation Lambert Airport How To Reach Us: St. Louis Front Page P.O. Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To submit news, contact: editor@slfp.com To advertise, contact: advertising@slfp.com Travel Industry Jobs Impacted by Hurricane Katrina WASHINGTON, DC, (SLFP.com) September 2, 2005 - The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), in partnership with the Travel & Tourism Coalition and the Travel Business Roundtable, is offering free use of a job bank to help workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina find new employment as soon as possible, announced Roger J. Dow, TIA President and Chief Executive Officer. "With so many hotels, shopping and gaming attractions, restaurants and other travel-related businesses devastated by the hurricane, our industry was particularly hard hit," Dow said. "Many companies and individuals are already doing a terrific job of contributing to the immediate humanitarian relief efforts, so we've decided to focus our effort on ensuring longer-term opportunities for those affected. Our industry has probably more transferable job skills than any other industry." "The job bank at www.katrinajobs.org will be ready by September 15th to take information from job-seekers and listings from not only our members and other travel-related companies, but from all businesses across American industry. The goal is to help provide work as quickly as possible for those who have been displaced." In addition, TIA is also creating a special section on its Web site to gather information and provide links to efforts being done by others in the travel industry in support of those affected by the recent hurricane. The site will also include statistics showing the travel-related economic impact on the devastated regions. Most recent statistics show the travel industry in the affected areas in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama accounts for $18.3 billion in business annually, with some 260,000 travel industry-related jobs. In addition, TIA and the Travel Business Roundtable, its strategic partner on government affairs activity, is assessing avenues for redress of urgent, legitimate industry employee and employer burdens, ranging from unemployment concerns to potential federal incentives for employer-based recovery. The two groups, in conjunction with other industry groups and state tourism offices, are also examining the industry's unique role in providing immediate comfort to those affected. Jonathan Tisch, Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable and Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, said: "We're committed to making immediate and long-term employee and employer relief a top priority of our lobbying efforts." Archived: Major Re-organization Designed to Create Jobs in Missouri Maintaining Health Insurance Is More Important Than Pay Increase Missouri Labor Market Shows Improvement Mortgage Rates Rise Following Employment Report National Job Quality is Declining 18- to 34-Year-Olds, Low Earners Tops Among Job-Hoppers 'Class of 9/11' Finds Patriotism Is Not Enough to Work for Government Laptops, Not Autos, Tempt Today's Job Seekers Survey Highlights Mothers as Ideal Workplace Leaders Worker's Compensation Reform Bills Protect Missouri Jobs Employment Rebounds in St. Louis Missouri Quality Jobs Act to Create Jobs, Spur Economic Growth Smurfit-Stone Anticipates Job Growth at New Headquarters in St. Louis County Worker Confidence Drops Sharply in February Employment Market Minority-Owned Businesses Boost Local Economies in Tight Job Market Workers Rate Bosses Highly, But Say They Can Do the Job Better U.S. Households Led by Single Mothers and Displaced Homemakers on the Rise Job Market Continues Growth As Worker's Confidence Levels Increase    The Saint Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 1996 - 2008 Moore Design Group .