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2022 Archives
What 12 Hotel CEOs Were Paid in 2021
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel CEO pay, the Spirit-Frontier-JetBlue takeover drama, and surging short-term rental prices in the U.S.
The Highest Paid Hotel CEOs
Take a look at last year's hotel CEO compensation tables. The top bosses did well, and why not? Navigating the pandemic was tricky. Yet there was a wide disparity in the pay between most CEOs and workers. That's harder to defend.
Rising Interest Rates Are Scrambling Hotel Deal Calculations
Baron Ah Moo works for PKF Hospitality and is a former hotel CEO. So he's well-connected among private equity firms and other dealmakers. Here's what they're telling him now.
Tourist Quotas Come To French Countryside to Combat Overtourism
National park and rural authorities in France have absorbed lessons from domestic overtourism during the pandemic.
Shuttered Property Manager WanderJaunt Is Trying To Sell Its Assets
WanderJaunt claims in its sales pitch to sell its assets that it had industry-leading unit economics. It doesn't explain, however, why it closed operations on short notice leaving employees, guests, and creditors hanging.
Vacasa Eliminates 25 Sales Jobs After Hiring Binge
Property management companies such as Vacasa and others in the short-term rental sector are under pressure and have been forced to reorganize.
Hotels Need True Collaboration When Adding Native American Design
Paying homage to a region’s cultural and aesthetic heritage requires more sensitivity than ever before — and enhanced stewardship.
Tokyo’s Toggle Hotel Brings Color to Bleisure Trend
One of the most talked about trends in travel has been how many people are merging business with leisure in "workcations" or "bleisure." The Toggle Hotel in Tokyo caught our…