Del Ross

The Biden administration has proposed a new federal minimum wage of $15 an hour as part of its COVID-19 relief program.

The most recent unemployment data from the U.S. government shows more than 5 million continuing claims, many from the early spring of last year — a figure that is dominated by the hotel industry, ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—In February, more than 8.3 million people worked in the hotel industry in the U.S. The biggest challenges facing hoteliers were high turnover rates and recruiting.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Despite TSA-reported air traffic numbers that reached pandemic records, hotel worker unemployment took a big hit after the Thanksgiving holiday, labor management data form Hotel ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Nearly half of all pre-pandemic hotel jobs are still lost, resulting in payroll costs in 2020 that are 40% to 60% below 2019, according to labor-management data from Hotel ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported strong job growth in the U.S. for October, but more than 4 million workers in the hotel industry remain jobless. Sagging ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—After three weeks of job growth in October, U.S. hotel employment dropped slightly as regional COVID-19 surges occur, labor-management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—The hotel industry workforce remains stable after losing nearly 200,000 positions from its late-August peak, labor-management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—U.S. hotels employ approximately half of the people who worked in the industry before the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving more than 4 million out of work, hotel labor management data ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Leisure travel season is over, and so is the recent hiring trend in the hotel industry, with nearly 160,000 hotel jobs eliminated just since mid-August, labor management data ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—After recovering more than 2.1 million jobs since April, the U.S. hotel industry experienced a retreat in total employment numbers over the past week, a reduction of ...

U.S. hotels employ on average about half of the workers they did prior to the pandemic, but are paying those workers higher wages, according to the latest labor management data from Hotel ...

The overall hotel labor index has grown to 52% of pre-COVID levels, led by the return of rooms division associates, labor management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Just over half of pre-COVID hotel jobs have been recovered so far, labor management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows, but most returning workers have seen big changes to their ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—As U.S. hotel occupancy has stabilized over the past two weeks, most hotels have slightly reduced staffing levels, labor management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—In conjunction with a spike in holiday week occupancy, the U.S. hotel industry expanded its staffing to nearly half of its pre-COVID19 normal levels, according to ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—As U.S. hotel average occupancy moves closer to 50%, the U.S. hotel workforce continues to recover jobs. As of this past week, 44% of the pre-COVID19 hotel employees have resumed ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—With small staffs to start with, economy hotels have maintained high employee counts throughout the crisis relative to pre-COVID-19 levels.

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Hotels in the U.S. continue to rehire and replace their team members as occupancy grows on both weekends and weekdays. The latest labor-management data from Hotel Effectiveness, ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—U.S. hotel occupancy gains over Memorial Day weekend increased the need for workers, labor management data from Hotel Effectiveness shows.