Extended stay and economy brands resist COVID-19 downturn
OYO HOTELS HAS seen an increase in long-term stays at its U.S. locations. That fits with other indications that extended stay and economy brands...
Knowland hosting COVID-19 webinar
HOSPITALITY ANALYTICS FIRM Knowland will hold a webinar series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry beginning next week. Themes include...
Hotels use extra time due to low occupancy to focus on cleaning
UNDER THE CURRENT circumstances, those hotels that remain open are generally experiencing such low occupancy that employees may not have enough work just taking...
USTA: COVID-19 crisis has done more damage to the travel industry than 9/11
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has now done more damage to the travel industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to the U.S. Travel Association....
Texas hoteliers recover from COVID-19, donate plasma to stranger
AT A TIME when so many people are avoiding contact with each other to slow the spread of COVID-19, hoteliers Raju and Dharmistha Patel...
Beekeeper holding second COVID-19 webinar
THE NEXT INSTALLMENT in mobile communication software producer Beekeeper’s COVID-19 webinar series will be held April. It will focus on providing information to furloughed...
The COVID-19 pandemic raises many legal questions
THERE ARE MANY challenges for hotels operating under the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing travel restrictions. It is a unique situation and, therefore, one...
Young hoteliers donate facemasks to hospitals
A GROUP OF 12 young hoteliers came together to donate 25,000 facemasks to hospitals in their home states, California, Texas, Oregon and Washington. The...
IHG donates to food banks, provides rooms for pandemic first responders
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP has initiated two programs to support efforts to face the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact. The company is donating to...
Funding runs out for federal small business loan program
Editor’s note: This story has been updated as of April 24 to include new information from Samina “Sam” Sharp, principal at The...