The top hospitality conferences to attend in 2026

Hospitality professionals can network, learn and do business at the industry’s biggest events of the year, which cover hotel development, investment, technology and more.

By Jenna Graber • Oct. 1, 2025

San Diego passes $25 tourism minimum wage with carve-out for small hotels

Hotels with fewer than 150 rooms are exempt from the ordinance, which includes a phased-in implementation that the Asian American Hotel Owners Association successfully advocated for.

By Noelle Mateer • Sept. 18, 2025

Hotel development stalls amid growing financial pressure: report

Hoteliers are delaying investment in their properties as costs rise, demand softens and labor shortages add fuel to the fire, a new AHLA survey reveals.

By Jenna Graber • Sept. 18, 2025

In an uncertain market, hoteliers should leverage factors within their control

An economic downturn is impacting travel, but hotel industry leaders have strategies they can lean on in rocky times.

By Deborah Friedland • Sept. 15, 2025

Houston hotel workers extend strike, vow ‘business as usual will not continue’

Union workers at the city’s largest hotel, Hilton Americas, again extended their strike, which began on Labor Day.

By Noelle Mateer • Updated Sept. 19, 2025

$30 minimum wage for LA hotel workers to proceed despite industry pushback

The Los Angeles County Registrar said a referendum to overturn the wage, backed by hotel associations and other tourism industry players, did not qualify to be placed on the city ballot.

By Noelle Mateer • Sept. 8, 2025

Houston hotel workers launch 9-day strike

Union workers at the city’s largest hotel, Hilton Americas, are calling for wages of at least $23 an hour.

By Noelle Mateer • Updated Sept. 2, 2025

What the ADA does — and doesn’t — allow employers to ask in the hiring process

It’s an area that employers “mess up all the time,” a disability compliance consultant told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • Aug. 22, 2025

Luxury Santa Monica hotel accused of not paying workers minimum wage

A class action suit claims Santa Monica Proper did not follow wage requirements set forth in the California city’s hotel worker wage ordinance.

By Noelle Mateer • Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Houston hotel workers approve strike amid call for wage bump

On Wednesday, union hotel workers employed by Hilton Americas-Houston voted 99.3% yes to authorize a strike, which could be called at any time.

By Jenna Graber • Updated Aug. 14, 2025

Union workers at Houston’s largest hotel to hold strike vote

If authorized by the Wednesday vote, employees at Hilton Americas-Houston, whose contract expired in June, could strike amid their ongoing fight for a $23 minimum hourly wage.

By Jenna Graber • Aug. 13, 2025

How hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities mutually benefits hotels, employees

The advantages of hiring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities go beyond helping hotels fill open roles, according to Penn State research.

By Noelle Mateer • July 28, 2025

LA passed a $30 minimum wage for hospitality workers. Hotels continue to fight it.

Hospitality and travel organizations are pushing for a referendum on the Olympic Wage ordinance, pausing its enforcement as the city considers ballot measures.

By Noelle Mateer • July 28, 2025

Hospitality union workers picket Houston’s largest hotel

The Hilton Americas workers, part of hospitality union Unite Here Local 23, are asking for $23 an hour in their next contract.

By Noelle Mateer • July 18, 2025

How immigration crackdowns, ICE raids will affect recruitment in 2025

A decline in the foreign-born workforce “will keep the potential pool of workers historically tight,” Wells Fargo economists found.

By Caroline Colvin • July 14, 2025

Hyatt lays off 30% of US guest services and support teams

The shift comes “in response to the evolving nature of guest inquiries,” a Hyatt spokesperson said.

By Jenna Graber • June 23, 2025

ICE preparedness is crucial for hoteliers in 2025

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns spread nationwide, hotels should prioritize tools and training to create a safe environment for workers and guests alike.

By Nikki Marín Baena • June 16, 2025

Top takeaways from 2025’s NYC hospitality investment conferences

Hotel leaders and CEOs talked economics, brands, development and more at last week’s NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum and the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference.

By Noelle Mateer • June 12, 2025

How tariffs, deportations are worsening the hotel labor gap

Hotels are heading into the busy summer months critically understaffed, but there is still time to navigate around ongoing labor challenges.

By John Dorer • June 10, 2025

Leisure, hospitality employment continued upward trend in May

The sector added 48,000 jobs last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and experts say wage growth has moderated.

By Noelle Mateer • June 9, 2025

Travel sector ‘walks a tight rope’ as US hotel growth outlook downgraded: report

CoStar and Tourism Economics lowered their 2025 and 2026 growth projections for RevPAR and other metrics, citing elevated macroeconomic concerns.

By Jenna Graber • June 3, 2025

Hotel CEOs on the ‘human need’ for travel in the face of uncertainty

CEOs of Wyndham, Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Marriott shared hospitality’s top growth opportunities at the NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum.

By Noelle Mateer • June 3, 2025

How LA hoteliers can prepare for the global stage amid a complex operating environment

Hotel employers, labor unions, city officials and industry associations will need to work together to ensure Los Angeles offers a world-class experience to visitors, writes attorney Lara Shortz.

By Lara Shortz • May 8, 2025

What hoteliers should know as NYC’s Safe Hotels Act takes effect

Though the law implements May 3, questions still linger — “the exact situation that we did not want to have happen,” AHLA’s VP of government shares.

By Jenna Graber • May 2, 2025

Houston union workers call for $23 minimum wage ahead of contract fight

Hospitality employees claim they aren’t benefiting from the city’s record tourism year — and say strikes are a possibility when contracts expire later this year.

By Noelle Mateer • April 24, 2025