Legislators seek relief for CMBS loan recipients
SINCE THE BEGINNING of the COVID-19 related economic shutdown, a major point of concern for hoteliers has been avoiding delinquency on their commercial mortgage-backed...
Choice to cut furloughed U.S. employees
LOSS OF REVENUE from reduced consumer demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has led Choice Hotels International to lay off U.S. corporate employees who...
Penn State researchers release crisis management guide for hotels
IN ANY CRISIS, how businesses communicate with their employees and customers can be key to recovery, according to research from Penn State School of...
H-1B visa restrictions may impact job creation
THE U.S. HAS suspended the entry of workers on the H-1B and some other non-immigrant visa programs, ostensibly to protect American jobs according to...
Choice inducts three new hotels into its Ascend Collection
THREE NEW PROPERTIES have joined Choice Hotels International’s Ascend Hotel Collection, which includes resort, boutique and historic hotels. One of them is Keyur Patel’s...
Company launches new take on third-party management
THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left an opening in third-party hotel management that Ashwin Patel and his partners plan to...
Report: African Americans underrepresented in hospitality executive roles
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE underrepresented in the executive ranks of the U.S. hotel industry, according to a new report from the Castell Project, a not-for-profit...
STR forecasts total recovery from pandemic by 2023
THE ECONOMY CRASHED suddenly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could be years before it sees a full recovery from the...
CEO says hotel franchisees are dissatisfied with brands
THE ONGOING COVID-19 pandemic has revealed growing numbers of franchisees dissatisfied with major hotel brands, according to the founders of Advantage Hotels. Patrick Mullinix,...
Article: DMOs should qualify for federal aid
WHILE THE TRAVEL industry as a whole has suffered from the restrictions passed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, one element of the tourism trade...