The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 24-30 March 2019, according to data from STR.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres and tennis champion Billie Jean King are the latest to urge the public to boycott the luxury hotels, which include The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air, The Dorchester, Principe di Savoia and Le Meurice, following the lead of George Clooney and Elton John.

For the week ending 30 March, the U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics, according to STR, parent company of HNN.

While at the Hunter Hotel Conference in March, Hotel News Now’s Danielle Hess sat down with Pat Pacious.

Marriott International announced on Thursday its expansion plans for the Asia Pacific region with its “2020 vision—an aggressive target to have 1,000 hotels open by the end of 2020,” which is nearly a 40% increase, according to a company news release.

Central visitors bureaus in Louisiana are supporting the passage of a bill that would require Airbnb rentals and other short-term accommodations to pay the same local occupancy taxes as hotels, according to Baton Rouge Business Report.

Hotels in the U.S. saw mixed year-over-year results for the week ending 9 March, according to STR, parent company of HNN.

A new survey from the American Hotel & Lodging Association indicates hotels are making advancements in amenities, guest services, sustainability and technology, according to a news release.

The Wall Street Journal surveyed economists on when they expect the Federal Reserve to next increase interest rates, and 57% of respondents said the increase would “come at the central bank’s September meeting or later.”

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new overtime exemption threshold that could go in effect by 2020, which should prompt hoteliers to assess what it means for their employees, HNN’s Bryan Wroten writes.

Radisson Hospitality AB, part of the Radisson Hotel Group, has opened the Radisson Hotel & Suites, Gdańsk in Poland.

AMResorts, an Apple Leisure Group-affiliated brand, has signed two resort brand management deals in Mexico in partnership with Oasis Hotels & Resorts, an international hotel group with properties throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.

Dream Nashville officially opened in Music City's historic Printer’s Alley.

According to the Lodging Econometrics Global Construction Pipeline Trend Report, Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriott International combined currently make up more than half of this pipeline.

Marriott International's Luxury Collection soft brand is coming to the Seychelles with the signing of North Island, a private island resort.

A drop in occupancy was enough to wipe out any gains in rate to keep RevPAR flat year over year in U.S. hotels for the week ending 23 February, according to HNN’s parent company STR.

The Iowa River Landing District has seen a lot of new hotel rooms come into the area but not a lot of demand.

Hurricane Michael swept through the Florida Panhandle in October, and some hotels in Panama City are still dealing with damages from the storm, according to news station WJHG.

Real estate investment trusts Ashford and RLJ Lodging Trusts will discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 earnings with analysts today.

Berg said it is important to realize “unconscious biases exist.”