Coronavirus and Travel

Wyndham's arrival to the luxury sector adds a missing piece to its brand portfolio, but don't expect a high-end glut of new hotels anytime soon. This is a very competitive hotel sector, and Wyndham plans to stick to the standard luxury playbook of exclusivity. Less is more when it comes to finer hotels.

The pandemic has taken a toll on the frontline workers at the Transport Workers Union, but action and compassion go a long way. Industry employers need to take note and make adjustments as their frontline workers return.

Blackstone and Starwood Capital blinked, bowing to critics on what they deemed a lowball offer for Extended Stay America.

This year started with a bang for mergers and acquisitions, so naturally there'll be questions about whether they end up stifling competition.

Increasing the allotments to international worker visa programs like H-2B and J-1 will barely help the hotel labor shortage crisis in vacation markets. Longer-term solutions, like marketing hotel careers early to students, need to be implemented to achieve any real change.

It's a clever way to address that demand for more flexibility, and drive more revenue to hotels, but with recovery on the way it's unclear how long the "microstay" trend will last.

Huazhu's massive one-month jump in revenue should be a giant jolt of optimism for hotel owners in struggling markets. People really do want to travel and book hotel stays once they get the all-clear on health and safety.

Spoon and Seed's owner says tough times pushed him to wear his business hat first, and the chef one second. The result —resilience amid a major tourism downturn, with a reimagined menu and a new staff management model built to face the upcoming summer visitor surge.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association and Unite Here can't do the silent treatment and wish away the dissent of one of the labor union's largest chapters. A disunited front — along with a strong summer travel season — gives Congress an easy way to reject the $20 billion pitch for targeted hotels relief.

Acore's $200 million investment in Graduate Hotels would be a rare transaction in a hotel investment market where owners and potential buyers can't see eye-to-eye on valuations.