Topic: Wages

Hoteliers are wondering how increases around the country will impact the industry and their ability to pay their employees—or even keep their doors open.

With the acquisition, hotel clients have the ability to compare wages with other local hotels to ensure they are positioned to hire the right talent.

Ongoing strikes at Marriott International hotels highlight the power that workers have in the current employment landscape, but are their demands reasonable?

While two hotels reached agreements with striking workers, demonstrations are ongoing at 21 other Marriott hotels.

More than 7,700 worker are preparing to mobilize Saturday as talks between the hotel company and union Unite Here continue to deteriorate.

Amid ongoing strikes in Boston and California, Hawaii hotel employees have vacated their posts as talks for improved wages, benefits and job security stall.

Roughly 4,000 hotel workers in San Francisco, San Jose and Boston walked away from their posts in a bid for more wages and better benefits.

Uncertainty was back in play at The Lodging Conference, but usual suspects Airbnb and online travel agencies aren't the main causes this time around.

Employees are taking to the streets with a list of demands including living wages and improved protections against sexual assault.

In the hotel industry, labor costs average roughly 50 percent of total operating expenses, prompting hotel operators to get creative.