2025 Hospitality Training 360 Report Takeaways

More and more hospitality leaders are recognizing the role robust training programs play in improving performance, driving revenue, and ultimately, growing their businesses. CHART (Council of Hospitality and Restaurant Trainers) and Opus Training jointly surveyed over 120 L&D leaders in hospitality, representing 40K+ locations.

How likely will your company adopt those trends in the next 1-2 years?

Microtraining

Hands-on training

Continuous learning

Gamification

Adaptive learning

Al

AR/VR

Other (please specify)

100%

75%

0%

25%

50%

Already have!

Likely

New Hire Training (in hours)

% Difference

2025

2024

28

-20%

FOH hourly employees

35

-3%

36

BOH hourly employees

37

Unit-level managers

219

12%

196

261

239

General managers

9%

How will the total amount your company spent on training change in the next year?

FOH hourly employees

BOH hourly employees

Unit-level managers

Unit-level trainers

General managers

0%

20%

40%

60%

Not sure

Increase

Top L&D priority for 2025

9.3% Other

7.4% Employee engagement

14.8% Career Development

50% Ops Speed & Efficiency

18.5% Back to Basics

For the upcoming year, what is the most pressing challenge you face in managing your L&D team?

7.3% Other (please specify)

16.7% Managing budget constrains

25% Getting buy-in for new approaches or technology

38.6% Balancing quality vs speed of delivery

12.5% Retaining essential team members

To what degree does Al help you

To complete projects faster

To produce better quality work

To address resource constraints

To reduce costs

100%

0%

25%

50%

75%

To a very large degree

To a large degree

To a moderate degree

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