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...
Houston hotel chain making the best of a bad situation
AS THE FIRST month of life in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic nears completion, Raj Das in Houston has renewed faith in the...
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...
Louisiana hotelier sues IHG over franchise practices
NEW ORLEANS AREA hotelier Vimal Patel has filed a lawsuit against on of the world’s biggest hotel company, InterContinental Hotels Group, alleging the company...
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...
Wayside, Iridescent partner on managing two hotels
WAYSIDE INVESTMENT GROUP of Houston and Iridescent Hotels of Dallas are partnering on the management of two hotels in San Antonio, Texas, and Houston....
Group says large hotel companies should waive fixed fees for hotel owners during COVID-19...
IN TIMES OF trouble, everybody needs a helping hand. In the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, hard-hit hotel owners are turning to their franchisers...
Government agencies are using hotels, including one in Georgia, to house COVID-19 patients
THE OLD RADISSON Hotel in the Franklin Gateway corridor of Marietta, Georgia, is easy to overlook, sitting as it does somewhat off the major...
Hotelier’s murder spotlights national issues
THE MURDER OF a Cleveland, Mississippi, hotelier who was beaten to death by a guest he had just evicted, has had an industry wide...
Hotstats: Hotels must find a break-even point during pandemic
THERE’S A QUESTION hoteliers in the current economic climate have to ask themselves, according to a blog article from Hotstats: How low can you...
