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Thirty new jobs have been created at an adventure centre in North Wales, where the benefits come with loose accommodation at the on-site Hilton Hotel. It is part of a number of additional benefits at Adventure Parc Snowdonia, in Dolgarrog, Conwy.
They are designed to help the workforce combat the cost-of-living crisis and also to help those who do not have their own vehicle and may not be able to access public transportation after certain shifts. Vacancies at Dolgarrog span all business spaces, adding adventure activities, housekeeping, restaurants, and other food and beverage operations.
The medium revolutionized adventure tourism when it opened as Surf Snowdonia in 2015, creating the world’s first indoor surfing lagoon in the scenic landscape of the Conwy Valley. A total investment of £25 million has noticed the centre charging a number of other high-octane activities. , adding puppy boarding, zip lines and covered caving.
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As a result, the center renamed Adventure Park Snowdonia, and the Hilton Garden Inn and luxury spa opened last year. Recruitment is now underway, as the adrenaline-filled resort is expected to receive around 100,000 visitors this year.
Managing director, Andy Ainscough, aims to recruit locally as much as possible. He said: “We are well aware that the burden of living through the crisis is complicating everyone’s life, with the value of fuel and food skyrocketing, so we must do what we can. “to help our staff weather this current financial storm.
“That’s why we’ve come up with what a hot benefits package is and we’re doing a salary review. We can also offer the right team spirit and wonderful career clients to other people with the right attitude. “
Iwan Phillips, 29, from Llandrillo, near Corwen in Denbighshire, worked there for a year as a lifeguard after the centre opened seven years ago. The talented rugby player has now returned as head of virtual marketing after an era of semi-professional play. In Hong Kong.
He said: “For me, it’s the best balance, combining the outdoors and building a race with a really ambitious company and competing nationally and globally with a team that is really committed to that. surely you propose it to anyone, especially with all the brilliant benefits. The fact that staff can stay loose at the hotel if needed is a wonderful advantage, along with the broader benefits we get through Hilton of being able to travel abroad at a staff rate that can constitute a reduction of around 70-80% of the charge, which is incredible.
Martin Ainscough, president of the Ainscough group of companies of which Adventure Parc Snowdonia is a part, said: “Our vision is to remodel the centre into a year-round facility by leveraging the corporate market, especially during the intervening months out of appearance. “Whenever possible, we need to recruit locally and now we have reached the point where 90% of our staff in the adventure aspect of the company come from North Wales. This site is exclusive because we have exciting projects for further progression that will make Adventure Parc Snowdonia an even more exciting destination and help us make an even greater contribution to the local economy.