Rising Labor Costs: Drivers Include Inflation, High Minimum Wage, and More Hours Worked
Less spending on labor has been a big reason why U.S. hotel profit margins have held strong, but that spend is on the rise...
STR: U.S. Weekly Hotel Performance Increases, Backed by Spring Break Travel
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Helped by spring break travel, U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week, according to STR's latest data through March 18, 2023.
U.S. Hotel...
NewcrestImage and Hospitality Capital Partners Acquire 16 Hotels in Joint Venture
In a joint venture, Dallas, Texas-based NewcrestImage and Phoenix, Arizona-based Hospitality Capital Partners (HCP) have acquired 16 hotels with a total of 2,155 rooms...
Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index Fell 2.5 Percent in February 2023
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee, and MILWAUKEE—The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index fell 2.5 percent in February to a level of 5,541.
“Hotel stocks—just like the broader market—pulled back...
A Trusted Advisor: The Evolved Role of the Broker Brings More Value to Owners
When I first started out in hotel brokerage back in the late 1980s, the market was unsophisticated and had not adopted the fiduciary focus...