Hospitality and tourism recruitment agency
Leaderia recruits managers and executives on permanent or interim contracts for the hotel, restaurant, tourism and leisure sectors.
Our experienced consultants offer a made-to-measure approach to recruitment, acting as partners and HR advisors to international and family-owned groups, franchise chains and networks, management companies, investment funds and family offices.
Which hospitality and tourism
companies do we recruit for?
Our team of recruiters advises and supports national and international players in their development, opening, job creation and team structuring in our 3 areas of expertise:
- Catering recruitment : we recruit for commercial, collective, fast-food and concession catering groups, large travel-retail operators, and also for event caterers.
- Hotel recruitment: we recruit for the hotel industry and accommodation players: luxury hotels, business hotels, leisure hotels, budget hotels, resorts, 4* and 5* hotels, lifestyle hotels, spa and thalassotherapy chains, river and sea cruises.
- Tourism and leisure recruitment: we work with professionals in ecotourism, seaside tourism, wine tourism, e-tourism, reservation platforms (OTAs), tour operators, tourist offices and also leisure and theme parks.
Which hospitality and tourism professions
are we recruiting for?
The democratisation of long-distance travel, the uberisation and internationalisation of the economy, and the digitalisation of our methods of communication, consumption and booking have radically changed the face of the hotel, restaurant and tourism industries. Jobs have changed, and so have job profiles and descriptions.
Leaderia has adapted to the new constraints and demands of the market and its customers. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the hotel and restaurant professions for which we recruit:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director of Human Resources
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Sales Director
- Marketing and Communication Director
- Country Manager
- Regional Director
- Operations Manager
- Multi-site Director
- Tourist site manager
- Director of a senior citizens’ residence
- General Manager
- Large hotel manager
- Boutique Hotel Manager
- Assistant Manager
- Accommodation Manager
- Restaurant Manager
- F&B Manager
- Franchise Network Manager
- Chief Executive
- Groups and seminars manager
- Catering Manager
- Group Integration Director
- Fast food marketing manager
- Property Development Director
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Director of Operational Performance
- Hotel Group Technical Director
- Cluster Revenue Manager
- CSR Manager
- Social Relations Manager
- Asset Manager
- Management Controller
- Works Projects Manager
- Purchasing Manager
- Quality and HACCP Manager
- Events Sales Director
- Marketing & Communication Director
- Events Account Manager
- Sales and RM Manager
- Sales Director
- Sales development manager
- MICE Sales Manager
- E-commerce manager
We bring out the talents of hospitality to serve you
Nos chasseuses de tête hôtellerie restauration et Tourisme
The full range of Leaderia services
In addition to recruitment, Leaderia can also help you with :
Interim management
If you need specific and immediate expertise for a given period of time
Professional training
If you want to strengthen the recruitment expertise of your HR teams
Find out more about us
What are the trends in the hotel and restaurant market?
Among the major emerging trends, sustainability is becoming an essential priority. Hotels and restaurants are increasingly committing to eco-friendly practices to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. The use of renewable energy, food waste reduction, and local, seasonal sourcing are becoming the new industry standards.
The zero-waste concept is also gaining momentum, with establishments striving to minimize their environmental impact while maintaining a high-quality customer experience. Hospitality businesses are improving their practices through CSR certifications and labels, such as the Green Key for ecotourism or Michelin’s Green Star. Customers are also showing a growing interest in these initiatives, pushing industry professionals to adapt by offering vegan options or implementing apps like Teritoria, which allow travelers to track their CO2 emissions.
Digitalization and technological advancements also play a key role in these transformations. Customers now seek services that enhance their stay, such as online check-in and mobile app ordering. Innovations like smart rooms and interactive menus help establishments stand out while providing an enriched customer experience.
The rise of Food and Hotel Tech is increasingly evident at trade shows, bringing new solutions such as connected refrigerators, customer review tools, social media monitoring, process optimization, and connected hygiene applications like HACCP, TraQ’Food, E-pack hygiene, epackpro, and Kikibich.
What is our recruitment methodology in the hospitality industry?
As experts in headhunting executives and managers for the hotel, restaurant and tourism industries, our experienced team will source the best profiles to meet your needs.
- We work by direct approach and contact talented people directly to offer you profiles quickly.
- We also draw on our network and our pool of candidates, which we have built up over the last 15 years – around 100,000 qualified contacts, including 40,000 in the hotel and restaurant sector.
- Our dedicated in-house recruiters work in tandem with a search manager who is fully conversant with the various executive search techniques.
- After identifying and rigorously selecting potential candidates, they are assessed face-to-face by the headhunter. Posture and personality are key factors in the success of an employee in our businesses, so the face-to-face meeting ensures that they are a good match for the position on offer and the corporate culture.
- Beforehand, the talents we identify fill in a complete file outlining their background and skills (reference checks, validation of the information on their CVs, etc.), which helps us to make the interviews more relevant and effective.
- Presentation to the client of a short-list of 3 candidates, the most suitable for the position according to the recruitment consultant.
We remain at our clients’ side throughout the recruitment process, providing advice, perspective and expertise, and helping them to choose the final candidate, negotiate salaries, and define the employment contract or contractual clauses.
Our aim is to ensure that our recruitments are successful, and we are always ready to speak honestly and frankly to our clients when we feel that they are on the wrong track or lacking in perspective.
Why trust Leaderia with your hotel and restaurant recruitment needs?
- An experienced team from the hotel-restaurant-tourism sector:
- Anne-Marie, head of the division, has been recruiting for the hotel and restaurant industry for over 20 years.
- Recognised experience with loyal, well-known clients
- Tailor-made, direct approach recruitment
- A partner who works for your success with transparency and openness
- Work on a fixed-price and exclusive basis
- Total confidentiality in the conduct of assignments
- A team of in-house researchers
How can we help?
- Close collaboration based on an exclusive mandate
- Fees calculated on a flat-rate basis (from €13k excluding VAT) according to 5 criteria: salary, urgency of need, confidentiality of search, rarity of profile and locality
- A 3-stage deposit system: 30% at the start of the assignment, 30% when the client meets the candidates, 40% when the promise to hire is signed.
- Guaranteed replacement throughout the trial period, whatever its duration
