Business View Magazine | September 2022

188 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 Be boundless As you raise the bar for your guests, Veritiv ® goes above and beyond as your trusted hospitality partner with boundless solutions. veritivcorp.com/boundless © 2022 Veritiv Corporation. All rights reserved. Veritiv and the Veritiv logo are registered trademarks of Veritiv Corporation or its affiliates. hard to find work for people.” Supply of items like linens and toweling have also been problematic, with Barnard reporting that it was difficult to source these items as the industry started to experience a come back. He shares, “Of course, everybody wanted it at the same time. As we got busier, we knew we needed to replenish linen and toweling in the hotel, so we contacted our suppliers and we pretty much bought everything that we could on island. Anything that needed to be manufactured on the mainland or elsewhere, it was 9 to 12 months before we could receive it. That proved a challenge.” Adding that the strain was on the cleaners, who had to increase turnaround times to get sheets back on beds, he reports, “Thankfully, that has settled down now. Hawaii tends to bounce back from any blips that we see across the globe in terms of hospitality and travel. I think it has shown again that people want to come here.