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APRIL 14, 2023

With retail and hospitality components, University Square is the developer’s first project in the city but second in Placer County. The project is slated to be completed by year-end 2025.

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APRIL 14, 2023

The $25 an hour minimum wage proposed today by Los Angeles City Council Member Curren Price is a short-sighted, industry-specific mandate for political gain, that ignores accepted living wage policies and far less pay for teachers and city workers.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Ennismore - the fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company and joint venture with Accor, which holds a majority shareholding - today announces it has entered into exclusive negotiations to build a long-term partnership with Cain International (“Cain”) – the privately held investment firm – to drive forward the global expansion of the iconic hotel (..)

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APRIL 14, 2023

Attendees can look forward to three days of deal-making, networking, and high-level presentations from some of the best-known names in the hospitality industry. Meet the Money®, the national hotel finance and investment conference, returns for its 30th year on May 1-3, at the Hyatt Regency LAX.

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APRIL 14, 2023

In this context, UNWTO has joined the World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA). As part of the Alliance, UNWTO will work to enhance both the level and effectiveness of investment in the sector with the aim of supporting and accelerating the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Officials of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (“HAMA”) today announced that the 4th year students Emma Carlson and Kara Booth of The Pennsylvania State University were selected as the 2022 winners of the Seventeenth Annual HAMA Student Case Competition. The PSU team was chosen from a select field of top hotel schools.

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Google will be another winner from generative AI. In March 2023 Google had 75.3 billion visitors vs 1.6 billion for ChatGPT. There has been a very heated discussion about whether the launch of generative AI bots like ChatGPT marks the beginning of the end for Google Search near monopoly on finding the right answers about anything.

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A total of 179 deals* were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, which is a 40.7% decline compared to the announcement of 302 deals during the same period in 2022, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Are you a “train-bragger”? If you travel regularly for business, you may already be one – and if you are a corporate travel manager, you will certainly want more of your colleagues to be one, according to Liz Emmott, Global Distribution Director at Trainline Partner Solutions.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s new guidance for federal employees to return to in-person work:

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APRIL 14, 2023

Capital expenditure (Capex) deferments, impending property improvement plans (PIPs), higher interest rates, and budget constraints make the diligent allocation of capital more important than ever.

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