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3 stories · First covered Feb 23, 2026 · Latest Jun 27
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Airbnb's Anti-Party Tech Blocked 20,000 Bookings Last July 4th. Hotels Should Be Paying Attention to Where Those Guests Went.
Operations
Jun 27

Airbnb's Anti-Party Tech Blocked 20,000 Bookings Last July 4th. Hotels Should Be Paying Attention to Where Those Guests Went.

Airbnb is deploying its party-detection system for the fifth straight July 4th weekend, and it's openly redirecting rejected guests toward hotel rooms. If you're running a limited-service property near a popular Airbnb market, some of your holiday weekend bookings aren't organic demand... they're Airbnb's rejects.

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Rav Patel 3 min read · Jun 27
The $15 Floor Hits Hotels at $2.8B. Here's Which Properties Don't Survive the Math.
Operations
Mar 7

The $15 Floor Hits Hotels at $2.8B. Here's Which Properties Don't Survive the Math.

A federal minimum wage hike to $15 sounds like a round number until you decompose it by segment, state, and margin structure. For select-service owners in low-wage states, the real number is a 200-400 basis point EBITDA compression... and some of those properties are already operating at the edge.

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Jordan Chen 3 min read · Mar 7
88 Jurisdictions Just Blew Up Your Labor Budget. Here's What to Do Before It's Too Late.
Labor Primary
Feb 23

88 Jurisdictions Just Blew Up Your Labor Budget. Here's What to Do Before It's Too Late.

The biggest coordinated minimum wage spike since the pandemic is rolling through 22 states, and if you haven't already remodeled your compensation structure from the ground up, you're about to get a very ugly surprise on your next P&L.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Feb 23