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2 stories · First covered Mar 10, 2026 · Latest Jun 15
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Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

Leisure and hospitality added 70,000 jobs in May, but average wage growth is running 80 basis points below inflation. The hotels that figure out how to talk about purchasing power instead of percentage increases will keep their people this summer... the ones that don't will spend July training replacements.

Cincinnati's $543M Convention Hotel Is a $776K-Per-Key Bet on Public Money

Cincinnati's $543M Convention Hotel Is a $776K-Per-Key Bet on Public Money

The city just approved a $50M loan for a 700-room Marriott convention hotel that costs $543 million to build. The per-key math tells a story the press release doesn't.