Wildfires in California and Hurricane Helene
on the East Coast have presented hotels with
an opportunity to help their communities,
but may lead to higher insurance costs
nationwide.
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Profile
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20 | The cost of disaster
Hotels help recovery from L.A. wildfires,
Hurricane Helene
5 | Trump appointees backed by
associations
‘Kash’ Patel set to become first Indo American
FBI director despite controversy
6 | AAHOA PAC raises $1.5 million for
advocacy
The committee supports legislative and
regulatory initiatives for hotel owners
nationwide
8 | Mitch Patel to chair AHLA board in
2025
Navin Dimond, Jagruti Panwala, Ash Kapur,
Kris Kielsa and Pete Patek join
AHLA leadership
9 | CoStar, TE maintain growth forecast
for 2025
Occupancy was increased by 0.1 ppt to 63.1
percent
10 | Marriott added 123,000 rooms last
year
It signed 608 deals in the U.S. and Canada in
2024, a record high
11 | Hyatt hits record 138,000-room
pipeline in 2024
The company also expanded its lifestyle
portfolio with Standard International
acquisition
15 | Georgia hotelier remembers former
President Carter
Sharad Patel owned The Windsor Hotel where
Carter once stayed
18 | All part of the plan
New Hotel Indigo in Irving, Texas, is part of
Las Colinas mixed-use development
25 | Hotels go clean & green
Sustainable laundry procurement helps
reduce emissions
28 | Gujarati translation of top stories
begins
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12 | SiteMinder: Revenue up 60 percent
per 2024 bookings on hotel websites
Booking.com was the top revenue channel for
U.S. hotels for the third year
14 | IHCL signs a record 85 hotels in 2024
The Taj brand added 19 signings, expanding to
125 properties
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