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News Articles: hotels

This Jan. 3, 2018 file photo shows a Motel 6 in SeaTac, Wash.

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Motel 6 is sold to an Indian hotel company for $525 million

The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

September 23, 2024
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Vinay Patel, head of Fairbrook Hotels, owns 11 hotels around Virginia.

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  • Business

With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery

A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.

May 13, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
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Atlanta’s hotel market reaches 'new normal' amid skyrocketing interest rates

The hospitality market is tightening for Atlanta’s hotel owners as costs to operate properties rise due to interest rate increases prompted by the Federal Reserve.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Janelle Ward
Visitors stand before the Forsyth Park fountain, one of Savannah's most popular tourist hotspots.

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  • Politics

‘We are a tourist city’: Savannah increases hotel/motel tax for first time in nearly three decades

The 2% increase creates a new pool of funding for tourism-related projects.

May 30, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Hamilton Howell House is a Black-owned bed and breakfast and one of eight Black-owned hotels in metro Atlanta. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

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  • News

Both big and small, Black-owned hotels in Georgia are slowly growing

According to the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operator and Developers, there are just nine Black-owned hotels in metro Atlanta. The Atlanta Voice explored a number of Black-owned hotels in order to further highlight the existences in the city’s hospitality space.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Isaiah Singleton and
  • Noah Washington
Daily room cleaning used to be standard practice in hotels. But since the pandemic, it's become less so.

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  • Business

Want your hotel room cleaned every day? Hotel housekeepers hope you say yes

Daily room cleaning used to be standard in hotels. Now, the union UNITE HERE is fighting to bring that back, as hotels have cut back citing worker shortages and changing guest preferences.

May 12, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Deepak Patel, 43, conducts a room inspection at the Country Inn and Suites, Baltimore North, a hotel he owns and manages with his family in Rosedale, Maryland.

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  • Business

Hotels say goodbye to daily room cleanings and hello to robots as workers stay scarce

Nearly three years into the pandemic, travel has returned but hotel staff have not. Unable to find workers, hotel owners and managers are having to adapt to what they believe is the new normal.

December 21, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
AP Photo/Steven Senne

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Georgia Today: Liberty County and the cost of Georgia’s 'Great Resignation'

Liberty County outside Savannah is one place where the number of people quitting their jobs has been extraordinary, even amid the national so-called Great Resignation that's seen record numbers of people quit. Why Liberty County is so hard hit and how the employee exodus is changing the fabric of the community, is the subject of this week's Georgia Today.

January 07, 2022
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador

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  • Economy

American Indicators: The Faces And Stories Behind The Economic Statistics

Some sectors are thriving, while others continue to struggle, putting different people in vastly different situations. NPR is following four people who will help illustrate the arc of the recovery.

February 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mallory Yu and
  • Ari Shapiro
Hotel staff stand ready to receive guests on June 4, 2020, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. U.S. hotels hit all-time lows in occupancy and in revenue per available room last year.

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  • Business

2020 Was The Worst Year Ever For U.S. Hotels. Here's What's Next

After a tough 2020, the U.S. hotel industry is bracing for a difficult first half this year, followed by improved leisure travel in the second half.

January 27, 2021
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By:
  • Claire Miller

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