Hipster Quarters, Corporate Owners
(Crain’s) — New York City has plenty of boutique-style hotels—the intentionally trendy, unique lodgings meant to appeal to guests who don’t want to stay in a cookie-cutter Sheraton or Hilton. A bevy...
View ArticleDistrict’s Shaw Neighborhood Preps for $520-Million Hotel
(Afro) — On Nov. 10, Washington, D.C. Chairman-elect Kwame R. Brown, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray and leaders from the Washington Convention and Sports Authority (WCSA) gathered...
View ArticleJay-Z Abandons Plans for Luxury Hotel Brand
(Eurweb.com) *Jay-Z has scrapped plans to build a luxury hotel in his native New York after the venture became mired in litigation, reports the New York Post. The rap mogul and his business partners...
View ArticleBET Founder Buys Midtown Hotel
(Wall Street Journal) — A company controlled by Robert L. Johnson, the founder of the Black Entertainment Television network, has cut a $335 million deal for a Midtown hotel known for its striking...
View ArticleHospitality Leaders Making Their Case to Georgia Legislators
(AJC) — Atlanta and Georgia hospitality leaders have a message for state legislators: cut with caution. Acutely aware that tourism and related industries like film making are being eyed as for...
View ArticleTrading Essence for Entrepreneurship
Monique Greenwood gave up a prestigious editorship to open a bed-and-breakfast.
View ArticleLocal Hotel Chains Ratchet up Diversity Initiatives
(Washington Post) — All 44 of Baywood’s hotels along the Eastern Seaboard fly the flags of these Washington-area companies. Within a span of weeks last summer, Baywood opened a 171-room Doubletree by...
View ArticleAtlanta Lost 10K Hospitality Jobs in Recession
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — One-third of the nation’s 100 major markets have more jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector today than before the onset of the recession, but not metro Atlanta....
View ArticleBoston Hospitality Union Seeks Out African-American Employees To Diversify...
Those who graduate from the program can get union hotel jobs that start at around $18 an hour. The post Boston Hospitality Union Seeks Out African-American Employees To Diversify The Industry appeared...
View ArticleSafety Tips For Women Working In The Hospitality Or Service Industry
It’s a part of your job to laugh when you don’t think a joke is funny, to give a warm greeting to everyone (whether or not you want to see them), and to smile when you don’t feel like it. The post...
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