GreenTree Hospitality waives franchise and marketing fees for U.S. owners

GREENTREE HOSPITALITY GROUP is waiving its franchise and marketing fees for U.S. franchisees in response to the economic cost of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our entire...

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...

Georgia hotelier welcomes deal on stimulus CARES Act

AS CONGRESS PREPARES to vote on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security, or CARES Act, hoteliers are breathing a little easier. Ritesh Patel,...

COVID-19 pandemic continues draining the U.S. travel and hospitality industry

IN A WEEK of bad news, the numbers tell a dismal tale. Occupancy continues to slide down, millions of people are out of their...

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...

Congress reaches deal on COVID-19 relief funding

ANOTHER DAY PASSED without Congress approving relief funding to help hotels and other small businesses weather the economic storm from the COVID-19 pandemic. Then,...

Indian prime minister orders 21-day national shutdown to fight COVID-19

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Shri Narendra Modi has ordered a 21-day shutdown of the country to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Modi said...

Hotel owners across the country are struggling with cancellations due to COVID-19 epidemic

MIRAJ PATEL, PRESIDENT of Wayside Investment Group in Houston, was planning for success when he bought a Galveston, Texas, Travelodge by Wyndham to convert...

HotStats gives tips on riding out epidemic

THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC is significantly disrupting the hospitality market and hoteliers are scrambling to find ways to stay in business despite the sudden drop...

The latest round of federal economic stimulus against the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact stalled in...

A THIRD PHASE of federal economic aid for the economy to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled in the House of...