STR: Texas, Louisiana see ‘storm surge’ in hotel occupancy after Hurricane Laura

HURRICANE LAURA LED to a demand surge for hotels in Texas and Louisiana hotels during the week ending Aug. 29, according to STR. However,...

STR: Occupancy continued to drop going into Labor Day

THE WEEK BEFORE Labor Day weekend saw U.S. hotel occupancy falling again compared to the week before, leading experts at STR to have some...

Hurricane Laura evacuees still filling Louisiana, Texas, hotels

JUST ONE WEEK after Category 4 Hurricane Laura roared ashore at Lake Charles, Louisiana, Vimal Patel was at ground zero inspecting the damage at...

HotStats predicts changes in hotels after post-COVID-19

THE HOTEL INDUSTRY will be changed forever post-COVID-19 pandemic. HotStats predicts how the hotels will look like post-COVID in its blog, from the use...

Correction of link in fundraising story

In an article published Sept. 2 on Asian Hospitality’s website regarding fundraising to help the widow of a murdered Mississippi hotelier, we included a...

WTTC: U.S. to lose $155 billion in international visits

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ESSENTIALLY crashed when the COVID-19 pandemic flew around the world, closing economies in its wake. Now the U.S. economy stands to lose...

USTA toolkit emphasizes continued use of masks in the fall

AS SUMMER SLIPS into fall and COVID-19 cases drop in several states, it may be tempting for some travelers to want to set aside...

Hotelier’s widow: ‘We had a small dream’

YOGESH AND SONAM Patel came to the U.S. nearly five years ago as newlyweds. They had a simple dream. “We didn’t have a big dream....

CBRE: Recovery from COVID-19 downturn to begin in third quarter

AFTER MONTHS OF a COVID-19 pandemic related downturn, U.S. hotels may finally be in a position to begin the long trek back to recovery,...

AHLA: After six months of pandemic, hotel industry near collapse

SIX MONTHS AFTER the COVID-19 pandemic shut down travel in the U.S., the state of the hospitality industry remains frail, according to the American...