Hawkeye Hotels acquires two hotels in Ohio and Oklahoma
HAWKEYE HOTELS HAS made its second and third hotel acquisitions of the year, in Ohio and Oklahoma. The company made its first acquisition, in...
Blackstone, Starwood to buy Extended Stay America
IN A $6 BILLION deal, Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Starwood Capital Group plan to acquire Extended Stay America and its paired-share REIT, ESH...
USTA supports bill to extend Paycheck Protection Program deadline
THE LATEST FEDERAL stimulus package includes billions more dollars for the Paycheck Protection Program, a key priority for the hotel and travel industries. However,...
President signs $1.9 trillion stimulus package
THE PRESIDENT HAS signed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law and fresh relief from the crushing economic downturn brought on by...
Castell Project releases its WSH List for 2021
PUBLIC EVENTS, BOTH virtual and in-person, are expected to begin ramping up as the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its end and the Castell Project is...
Maryland hoteliers’ shooting called example of pandemic tensions
IN THE U.S., Usha and Dilip Patel, victims of a shooting in their Elkton, Maryland, hotel last week that left Usha dead and her...
AAHOA program promotes vaccines for hotel workers
MULTIPLE VACCINES FOR COVID-19 are being distributed at an accelerated rate throughout the U.S. and hotel workers have been bumped up in the schedule...
Maryland hotel owner shot to death, guest charged
ANOTHER HOTEL OWNER has been killed during a conflict with a guest at their hotel in Elkton, Maryland. Ushaben Patel, 59, was shot to...
Associations call for passage of American Rescue Plan
DESPITE RESISTANCE, PRESIDENT Biden’s proposed American Rescue Plan, the federal government’s third COVID-19 stimulus package, is expected to make it to the president’s desk....
NewcrestImage buys historic Magnolia Hotel in Dallas
AS THE FIRST investment for its recently announced $100 million real estate fund, NewcrestImage has purchased the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Dallas. The company,...