Taiwan's Lion Travel Launches Recruitment Drive on 'Sea Breeze' Tourist Train

Central News Agency (CNA), Taipei, 18th (Reporter: Yu Hsiao-han) – As the demand for talent in the tourism and travel industry grows, Lion Travel announced today that it will recruit 600 people for the full year and will, for the first time, use its 'Sea Breeze' tourist train as a recruitment platform. The job openings will focus on areas such as product marketing. The tourism industry has seen impressive revenues in recent years, driving up talent demand. Lion Travel stated in a press release today that it is pioneering the use of the 'Sea Breeze' tourist train as a recruitment platform. The first wave of activities starts immediately, with a 'The World is Interesting, Lion Travel Takes You There—Sea Breeze Recruitment Event' to be held on June 16. Thomas Tang, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Lion Travel, stated that the Lion Travel Group has approximately 2,800 employees globally and plans to expand recruitment by 600 people for the full year of 2026. The talent demand has shifted beyond the traditional tourism scope to all-encompassing fields. Lion Travel indicated that the 'Sea Breeze' recruitment event will be held in four sessions, with participants boarding and alighting from Nangang, Hsinchu, or Taichung stations. Through this special recruitment train, the company expects to attract nearly a hundred new talents, with positions focusing on product marketing, channel sales, railway services, international deployment, and digital technology. Additionally, in response to its corporate expansion this year, YEN-PO GROUP is eyeing a new location in Hualien's Xincheng in Eastern Taiwan. The group recently held a large-scale recruitment fair in Hualien, offering 176 job vacancies. (Editor: Li Heng-shan) 1150518