I do believe that what clipstone1 has said contains hints of truths but in reality is a bit of an overstatement. Granted that with the merger the new group will look at streamlining the resort staff but there is certainly no requirement for staff to speak more than one language as it stands at the moment, and there aren't any plans to make it a requirement. However, as with any job that involves working with different nationalities an additional language is a benefit, but TUI certainly aren't naive enough that they would remove English resort staff from their destinations - the older generation certainly value this.