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Hotel operating economics

2 stories · First covered Mar 2, 2026 · Latest Apr 12
Related: RevPAR 2 Six Senses 1 Los Angeles 1 Waldorf Astoria 1 Labor Costs 1 St. Regis 1 Full-Service Hotels 1 London hotel market 1 Auberge Resorts 1 Heritage conversions 1 Business rates revaluation 1 Hotel Labor Costs 1
Hotel operating economics Coverage
LA's $32.65 Hotel Wage Is Coming. Here's What Happens Next.
Operations Primary
Apr 12

LA's $32.65 Hotel Wage Is Coming. Here's What Happens Next.

Los Angeles just handed the hotel industry a real-time case study in what happens when labor policy outruns operating economics. The numbers coming out of that market should terrify every operator in a city with an activist council.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Apr 12
London's Luxury Hotel Boom Looks Gorgeous. The Operating Math Tells a Different Story.
Operations Primary
Mar 2

London's Luxury Hotel Boom Looks Gorgeous. The Operating Math Tells a Different Story.

Six thousand new rooms flooding London by 2028, headlined by heritage conversions carrying nine-figure price tags. Everyone's talking about the renderings. Nobody's talking about what happens when the business rate hikes land in April.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 2