Choice to announce second quarter earnings on Aug. 6
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL will announce its second quarter earnings on Aug. 6. That quarter saw the COVID-19 pandemic hit full swing and Choice has...
U.S. hotel owners eyeing interest coverage
ACCORDING TO CBRE’s February 2023 Investment Performance forecast, total revenues for the average U.S. hotel returned to 2019 levels in 2022, but the recovery...
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...
SBA issues new PPP eligibility guidelines
THE U.S. SMALL Business Administration has released new Paycheck Protection Program eligibility guidelines with input from the American Hotel & Lodging Association and hotel...
‘Life was like a smile with her’
THOUSANDS of mourners bid an emotional farewell to Hasmita Patel, who passed away peacefully last week on Aug.6 with her family by her side.
Hasmita,...
Vision breaks ground on second Kinley Hotel
VISION HOSPITALITY GROUP has broken ground on its second Kinley boutique hotel. The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company launched the Kinley brand in 2018.
The 64-room Kinley...
Congress approves enhancement of funding for PPP loans
WITH THE HOUSE of Representatives passage of a $484 billion enhancement of the existing federal stimulus against the COVID-19 pandemic related downturn, hotels and...
GSA raises per diem lodging rates for FY2023
THE U.S. GENERAL Services Administration recently announced the per diem rate for lodging for government employees in the continental U.S., and it was good...
Blog: Brands likely to take a hard look at housekeeping
THERE HAS BEEN mixed response to the trend of making housekeeping an on-request deliverable rather than a standard service, according to HotStats. The hotel...
Survey: 80 percent of travelers less concerned about new COVID variant
NEARLY 80 PERCENT of travelers said that the latest COVID-19 variant, BA5, is unlikely to make them cancel or postpone international travel this year,...
