QNS: Queens lawmaker proposes bill to support recovery of New York City’s tourism industries
A Queens lawmaker is seeking to create an Office of Tourism Recovery to support New York City’s tourism industries and arts and culture during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Marketplace: Hotels continue to face fixed costs and low occupancy rates
The hotel industry has struggled since the outset of the pandemic and is still trying to survive with limited tourism and international travel.
Westside Rag: City’s Unaudited ‘Homeless Hotel’ Program Is Nearly Four Times as Expensive as First Estimated
Westside Rag: City’s Unaudited ‘Homeless Hotel’ Program Is Nearly
Marketplace: Hotels continue to face fixed costs and low occupancy rates
The hotel industry has struggled since the outset of the pandemic and is still trying to survive with limited tourism and international travel.
Westside Rag: City’s Unaudited ‘Homeless Hotel’ Program Is Nearly Four Times as Expensive as First Estimated
The City’s contract with the Hotel Association of New York City [HANYC] to provide emergency housing to people experiencing homelessness during the Covid-19 crisis has grown to $299,790,000, an increase of $221,690,000 over the initial $78,100,000 cost cited when the contract began on April 15th, according to Checkbook NYC, a public database of City spending from Comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s office.
Crain’s New York Business: AKA Wall Street hotel closes permanently
Another city hotel has bit the dust. AKA Wall Street has shut down permanently, a filing with the Department of Labor shows.
Travel Weekly: NYC hotels buckling under weight of Covid rules and debt
For most New York City hoteliers, business prospects have only gone from bad to worse.
The Real Deal New York: Hotel union shuttering two employee health centers
Thousands of New York City hotel workers have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus. Now, their union is being forced to slash operations at the health services it built for its members.