News and notes from around the interweb:
- New York City will ban hotels from outsourcing housekeeping and some other functions (a boon to unions) and will require daily housekeeping (keeps hotels from cutting staffing).
The 45-to-4 vote, with one abstention, was a veto-proof supermajority — meaning the bill will become law and Mayor Eric Adams can’t veto it. It requires hotels to obtain a new license to operate in the city.
“Licensing is a critical regulatory tool … [but] oversight of the hotel industry has essentially been laissez-faire,” said Manhattan City Council Member Julie Menin, who introduced the bill.
- IHG 15% reward night redemption discount: Platinum and Diamond members book October 27 – 30 for stays complete by November 30th. Chase co-brand cardmembers can start booking October 25.
- JSX made flying semiprivate super cheap. A new bill in Congress could change that
- I’ve never seen hotels actually enforce elite member reserved parking, but I suppose this could be the first time:
- San Francisco’s terminal 3 bouncy moving walkways are going away
- IHG and Venetian/Palazzo Las Vegas are breaking up on January 1 after 15 years.
I am not in favor of the provision that hotels can’t offer an incentive to skip housekeeping. We routinely skip, and it would be nice to receive something for that. We’re going to skip nonetheless.
Cheers.
NYC realized they had fallen behind CA in looney tune legislation.
“And don’t have to read the endless typos.” and…
“Somethings improve with time but this blog wasn’t one of them.”
Always a classic.
MIA has the “bouncy sidewalks” between the terminals and train to the rent a car/bus/Tri Rail/Metro station. Haven’t worked in 2 years. Although they are nicer to walk on.
RE: NY Hotels. They said: “and cause room rates across the city to skyrocket, making New York unaffordable for tourists,” — Because we all know room rates are really low and it’s so affordable for tourists. lol
That legislation is not going to go over well. What nyc is saying is that they are going to regulate all services businesses use? I do not think so
Department stores sub out their cleaning are they next.
Offices and office buildings sub out too.
Even the state and city subs out services. How can they force a private company to do what they do not do
Aren’t housekeeping staff suppose to do their cleaning jobs at the hotels or are they just getting lazy and not wanting to do the jobs that they were hired to do
Good news about the hotel legislation. If people are happy living without housekeeping, let them refuse it. For those of us who appreciate made beds and tidy rooms, it’s great the hotels can’t just decide to not do it.
The attempts to legislate JSX out of existence continue. I hope that they don’t succeed.
Jns: Doubtful of having congress NOT passing legislation. Their deep pockets are always open for handouts.