Los Angeles Hotels
SURVEY: 86% of LA Residents Say City Should Not Prioritize Housing Homeless Individuals in Hotels
AHLA | August 7, 2023
Despite concerns for worker safety, negative impact on tourism, Unite Here is fighting to house people experiencing homelessness next to paying guests WASHINGTON (Aug. 7, 2023) – 98% of Los Angeles residents say homelessness in the city is a crisis or a major problem. Despite that, 86% say LA should not prioritize housing people experiencing homelessness in hotels, according to a new survey commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies. LA residents are set to vote in March 2024 on whether to require all local hotels to house unhoused individuals next to paying guests as pa...
Los Angeles Hotels Underperform Super Bowl Expectations
STR | March 2, 2022
Los Angeles hoteliers enjoyed a strong lift but underperformed due to the Omicron impact. Since 2011, STR has analyzed the top-line hotel performance impact for the Super Bowl host city, both in terms of absolute performance and year-over-year change. As usual, STR also made a prediction about Los Angeles hotel performance weeks before the event, forecasting revenue per available room (RevPAR) of US$396 for the weekend of the big game (Friday-Sunday). With actualized data now processed, that RevPAR projection was an overestimate as weekend RevPAR reached just US$310 RevPAR. Fortunately, that RevPAR level was still a 272% increase from t...
Hotel Viking Appoints Monique Michaud as Spa Director
Hotel Viking | June 5, 2019
NEWPORT, RI (June 5, 2019 ) – Spa Fjor at the historic Hotel Viking, proudly welcomes new Spa Director, Monique Michaud, who will oversee operations of the popular Newport wellness destination. Michaud brings over 30 years of industry experience, working with a variety of luxury brands. A New England native, Monique Michaud initially studied restaurant management at Johnson & Wales University. After hearing a jingle on the radio for The Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics, "your face is the first thing the world ever sees," she was inspired to enroll and immediately excelled. Shortly after finishing at the Elizabeth Grady Scho...
