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Starwood Names New CEO, Sorenson Talks Exec Job Cuts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has named a new CEO, effective Dec. 31, following the resignation of interim CEO Adam Aron, who is leaving the...
Monitoring Proposed Overtime Pay Changes Recommended
In July 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed regulation to raise the threshold of overtime pay for salaried employees working over...
Airbnb to Pay Fair Share in Illinois
In a major win for Chicago hoteliers, Airbnb will begin collecting and remitting full hotel taxes on behalf of its hosts in Chicago. In...
U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Growth Continues
The U.S. hotel construction pipeline has posted nine straight quarters of year-over-year (YOY) growth and recorded increases of at least 10 percent YOY for...
Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Airbnb Hosts
A working paper from Harvard Business School has found that Airbnb renters with names that sounded African American had a harder time booking reservations...