Torres said his company will have to lay off around 250 workers if the bill goes through. The idea that hotels will be able to hire them all directly isn’t realistic for the industry, he said.

A bill in the Florida Legislature would have allowed sex trafficking victims to sue hotels. But on Monday, the House Commerce Committee approved a new version that removed hotels from the provision… ...

The battle over the bill has revealed differences between the current and former leadership of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council union. Peter Ward, the former HTC President, and Neal Kwatra, its ...

The Safe Hotels Act, a bill introduced by City Council Member Julie Menin in mid-July, has caused an uproar among hotel owners, who say its labor requirements and proposed licensing process will ...

Explore Alarm at new ‘squatting’ bill targeting extended-stay hotels House Bill 183, or the Innkeeper Reform Act, was introduced by Marietta Republican and state Rep. Devan Seabaugh.

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Some city hotel owners did an about-face to support a City Council plan that critics called a “nuclear bomb” on the lodging industry that would drive up city room rates.

Menin told Crain’s she hopes to hold a hearing next week. The compromise did not satisfy some of the other hotel owners who had railed against the bill.

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Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., also plans to vote for the bill and emphasized its support by the American Hotel and Lodging Association and the Nevada Resort Association.