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Hotel and Gaming Trades Council

2 stories · First covered Mar 21, 2026 · Latest Jun 3
Hotel and Gaming Trades Council Coverage
New York Just Handed Hotels a 15% Cost Increase. Guess Who's Paying for It.

New York Just Handed Hotels a 15% Cost Increase. Guess Who's Paying for It.

New York's new eight-year hotel union contract pushes housekeeper pay toward six figures and adds an estimated 15% to annual operating costs. The question nobody's asking is what happens to the 200-key midscale property that can't push rate fast enough to keep up.

NYC's Proposed 9.5% Property Tax Hike Is a Tech Budget Killer for Hotels

NYC's Proposed 9.5% Property Tax Hike Is a Tech Budget Killer for Hotels

New York City wants to raise hotel property taxes by 9.5% while operating costs already outpace revenue growth by 4x. For hotels running on thin margins, the technology investments that keep properties competitive are about to get axed first.