Articles tagged “ahla”

While the federal relief package aimed at protecting small businesses and workers during the coronavirus economic downturn passed with impressive speed, it isn't a hotel industry silver bullet. The measure is likely just a first legislative step in getting hotels back to performance levels needed to return tens of thousands of furloughed employees to their jobs.

Will the U.S.government be able to bail out everyone? The line of businesses and people hoping for relief is getting very long.

Implementation of panic buttons, or employee safety devices, for hotel employees is a good start, but it should just be the beginning of the much broader measures the entire global hospitality industry should take to ensure the safety of every single person who walks through its doors.

Now that AccorHotels, Hyatt, and Marriott have started getting into homesharing, what does that mean for the hotel industry's crusade against it? Can AH&LA continue to fight Airbnb when some of its members are now actively participating in the short-term rental space?

There is ample competition among hotels, online travel agencies, and airlines in the U.S. travel marketplace as all of these sectors have seen a spate of consolidation. It may make sense business-wise for these companies, but none of it is particularly good for consumers or competition.

There's not a David and Goliath battle happening here. It's more like new money versus old money, and we expect to see some excellent public relations work on every side.

As with any report that covers Airbnb, whether it's from Airbnb itself or from its eternal nemesis, the AH&LA, we have to take this data with a generous helping of multiple grains of salt.

We'll see what the hotel industry has to say (or doesn't say) when Trump issues his revised travel ban plans next week.

It's clear hotels are focused on technology as a means of improving the overall hotel guest experience, but they also need to balance those investments with service and personalization to see the kind of return on investment they want to have.

Regardless of whether or not you believe the numbers from the American Hotel & Lodging Association or those from Airbnb, Miami's short-term rental situation demonstrates a clear need for better legislation and/or better enforcement to address short-term rentals.