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05.01.2024 - 18:07 / skift.com / Rashaad Jorden / Chip Rogers
The U.S. hotel industry still has a lot of work to do to reach pre-Covid hiring. But it’s ending 2023 on a high note.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Friday that hotels added roughly 6,300 jobs in December, down from a revised gain of 12,400 jobs in December 2022 but a healthy jump from November’s revised figure of 1,000 jobs.
Employment in the sector is down about 195,500 jobs — or roughly 9.3% — from February 2020 levels.
“Hotels created more than 6,000 jobs from November to December thanks to record-high average wages and better benefits and upward mobility than ever before. But nationwide labor shortages are preventing hoteliers from filling tens of thousands of jobs, and that problem will weigh heavily on our members until Congress takes action,” said Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Meanwhile, the broader leisure and hospitality category — which includes hotels — added about 40,000 new jobs in December. That’s close to a fifth of the total jobs created in the U.S. last month. Leisure and hospitality added an average of 39,000 jobs per month in 2023, less than half of the average monthly gain of 88,000 jobs the previous year.
The U.S. added 216,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7%.
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In 2023, Hilton opened 132 hotels with around 24,000 rooms between October and December 2023, the largest number of new rooms opened during any quarter in the hotel giant’s history, and it expects to continue that positive growth into 2024.
Hilton said on Monday it had launched a program to match aspiring hotel owners with capital.
1 Hotels, known for wellness and sustainability, is continuing to celebrate the new year, and maybe those resolutions, with a new sale.
It just got a little more expensive to stay at many popular casino hotels. MGM Resorts, the parent company of some of the largest casinos and hotels in Las Vegas, recently increased resort fees at many of their properties, with some topping out at $50. The fees, which are added after a reservation is made, drive up the total cost of a reservation. The increase will vary between $2 and $6 per night, depending on the property, MGM Resorts shared with Travel + Leisure. Specifically, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas the resort fee, now $45, provides services such as unlimited local and domestic phone calls, airline boarding pass printing, digital newspaper, fitness center access and in-room Wi-Fi. The fee also provides complimentary access to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME On Demand, with the in-room television. Here are the current resort fees at MGM Resorts: ARIA Resort & Casino — $50.00 Bellagio Hotel & Casino — $50.00 Delano Las Vegas — $45.00 Excalibur Hotel & Casino — $37.00 Luxor Hotel & Casino — $37.00 Mandalay Bay — $45.00 MGM Grand Las Vegas — $45.00 New York-New York Hotel & Casino — $42.00 NoMad Las Vegas — $42.00 Park MGM — $42.00 Vdara Hotel & Spa at ARIA Las Vegas — $50.00
In partnership with Paramount, Karisma Hotels & Resorts has announced a host of new openings and renovations at the award-winning Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
Brands like Park Hyatt, Alila, Miraval and Thompson Hotels generate plenty of lifestyle and luxury hotel interest for Hyatt.
With winter in full swing, you might be gearing up for a trip to some of the best ski resorts in the country. Or, if you're like me and have yet to learn the art of winter sports, you're probably just jealous of all of your friends partaking in that apres-ski life. (You know, the part where the only muscles you use are the ones in your arm that help lift a hot toddy to your lips.)
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Choice Hotels is about to begin a year-long U.S. marketing campaign to raise awareness for its brands. Ads will air on linear and streaming TV and platforms like Spotify as part of a multi-million dollar effort.