35th Housekeeping Olympics Crowns Frontline Cleaning Heroes at ISSA Show North America in Las Vegas
The 35th annual Housekeeping Olympics celebrating guest room attendants and environmental services workers took place in Las Vegas on Monday.
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Trump’s presidency and the path ahead for hospitality
With Donald Trump's second term as President of the United States, the hotel and hospitality sectors are poised for several shifts. Drawing on policies from his first term and early indications of his second, we explore the potential opportunities and challenges facing the industry under his leadership.
Safe Hotels Act: A public safety measure or blow to NYC’s hospitality industry?
The New York hotel industry is at odds with the NYC Council over a new public safety and worker protection bill that critics say could possibly kill jobs and throw the Big Apple’s tourism economy into turmoil.
Six NYC hotels are providing free helicopter airport transfers into the city — with one small catch
With New York's congestion pricing plan indefinitely delayed, traffic into Manhattan this summer is set to be gridlocked as usual.
Hotels Could Struggle as Prices Outpace Paycheck
With both savings declining and income growth slowing, the American economy is in for some harsh reality heading into 2023.
As Long As Guests Pay, Resort Fees Stay
Travelers may complain about resort fees when they see the final bill, but they're still paying them. To retain guest loyalty, hoteliers know they must provide demonstrated value for fees now more than ever.
Gas Prices, Flight Cancellations Show We Need Better Rail Options
Over the last several months, Hotel News Now has run several stories about U.S. hoteliers’ high expectations for summer travel demand in all guest segments.
Omicron Wreaks Havoc on Holiday Travel; Will It Stall Business Travel Recovery?
More than 4,400 flights were cancelled worldwide on Sunday Jan. 2, according to flight tracking website Flight Aware, dashing pre-holiday hopes for smooth travel going into 2022. With the Covid-19 omicron variant now bearing down hard in the eastern United States and throughout Europe, more than 2,700 cancellations affected flights into, within or out of the U.S. yesterday.
Hotel Executives Expect Business Travel To 'Roar Back' in 2022
As business transient and group travel continues to tick up in the U.S., hotel industry executives are contemplating the trajectory of that return while continuing to make room for a revitalized leisure travel segment.
Lagging business travel takes shine off transatlantic restart
Planes poured across the North Atlantic towards the United States on Monday, a boon for airlines after 19 months of travel restrictions - but that alone won't be enough for carriers whose profits depend on filling the most expensive seats.
The U.S. Is Opening Its Borders. Most International Travelers Remain Reluctant to Visit
On Nov. 8, the United States will reopen its borders to international travelers for the first time in nearly 20 months. While there will be restrictions on incoming travel — with limited exceptions, visitors will have to provide proof of vaccination — the reopening represents a turning point for the travel industry. International travel spending reportedly decreased by 79 percent during the pandemic, with the United States last year seeing less than a quarter of the foreign visitors it had welcomed in 2019.
Pent-up travel demand could lead to holiday headaches
Significantly more people plan to travel during the holidays this year than in previous years, according to a new PWC survey — but that pent-up demand will strain airlines still trying to recover from last year, industry analysts warn.
Hoteliers' Dreams of Post-Labor Day Business Travel Rebound Fade
Hoteliers in the U.S. had been pinning their hopes on business travel picking up after Labor Day, but those projections are dimming as COVID-19 cases increase nationally.
Leisure Demand Boom Came Early For Key West Resort
The summer leisure season, as predicted, has been bountiful for beach and resort destinations, as travel demand pent up by the pandemic is unleashed in the U.S.
It's the summer of multiple short getaways - Allianz Poll
Americans are increasingly looking to take more, but shorter, vacations this summer, according to travel insurance company Allianz Partners.
US Hoteliers Hopeful Despite Slowing Vaccination Rates
Top U.S. officials had openly professed hopes the upcoming Fourth of July weekend would mark a return to normal for the country, with a target of at least 70% of adults having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by that point.
Hotel Companies Defer to Local Guidelines as Federal Mask Restrictions Loosen
With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxing mask recommendations and various states and municipalities rolling back their own restrictions as more Americans get vaccinated, a varied landscape with differing levels of regulation has created a situation where it's often left hoteliers to determine themselves whether mask and social-distancing requirements are still needed on property.
CDC is not recommending a COVID-19 test requirement before domestic travel
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not recommending a Covid-19 testing requirement before domestic air travel, the CDC tells CNN.
Fully vaccinated people can skip COVID quarantines, CDC says
People who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus -- right now that means with two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine -- can skip quarantine if they are exposed to someone infected with the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
What are travelers afraid of in 2021? And what should they actually be worried about?
Walt Meyer is afraid of getting sick when he travels. Too many people aren't taking COVID-19 seriously, he says.