2025 Red Carpet Hospitality Gala

Industry leaders, dignitaries, and prominent figures from the hotel, tourism, Broadway, and public safety sectors gathered Monday evening at the JW Marriott Essex House in

The 2025 New York City Power 100

The migrant crisis has been a windfall for hotels, but Vijay Dandapani has sought to ensure stability for his industry that has struggled since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hotel industry advocate recently renewed a $1.04 billion emergency city contract after the city has already spent $2.3 billion to house asylum-seekers. He warned that the City Council’s Safe Hotels Act would drive up prices but withdrew his objections after a series of negotiations. Now Dandapani is focused on combating city legislation that would ease restrictions on Airbnb.