Arrivalist predicts 42.5 million road trips over Labor Day weekend
AS THE HOTEL industry in the U.S. looks forward with some trepidation to Labor Day weekend, travel data company Arrivalist is forecasting 42.5 million...
Report: Hotels reposition into the wellness-hospitality sector
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has driven the interest in health and wellness to an all-time high, said consulting firm HVS. Along with offering healthy and...
Flood of evacuees follows Hurricane Laura in Texas, Louisiana
AS THE FORMER Hurricane Laura moves inland to dwindle across the plains, residents of the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast are left to pickup...
U.S. dominates global construction pipeline
THE U.S. TOPS the global hotel construction pipeline in terms of project count, according to Lodging Econometrics. Overall, the pipeline increased 5 percent by...
Industry expert highlights eight changes in hotel F&B
HOTEL F&B OPERATIONS is one element in the industry hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, hotels all over the world have...
Hurricane Laura hits near Houston, hoteliers prepare
HURRICANE LAURA SURGED ashore on the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana Wednesday as a powerful storm. In Houston, the city hit by many such...
USTA presses for freeze on government per diem rates
AS THE LEISURE travel crowds of summer begin to wane and commercial travel remains elusive, hotels will look for other sources of revenue, including...
Advantage Hotels offers customizable franchise agreements
SPECIAL ORDERS FROM franchisees don’t upset Advantage Hotels. The Austin, Texas-based company is allowing hotel owners to define their own terms of any franchise...
Associations warn Congress of wave of hotel foreclosures
AS DEBATES DRAG on in Congress over the next round of federal stimulus, hotel industry experts are warning that a record-breaking number of foreclosures...
GSA releases FY 2021 per diem rates
THE U.S. GENERAL Services Administration has released its fiscal year 2021 per diem rates for federal government travelers. Government travel is important to the...