Regulatory and Legal Affairs

HOTREC has joined 14 other European business associations in issuing a joint statement expressing deep concerns over the European Commission’s current proposal for the Green Claims Directive. While we fully…

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is one step closer to becoming law after narrowly passing in the Senate with a 50-50 vote. Vice President JD Vance cast the…

The U.S. Senate narrowly passed its version of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill on Tuesday, which includes such provisions as the elimination of tax on tips for many…

WASHINGTON—The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) issued the following statement from its president and chief executive officer, Rosanna Maietta, following the inclusion of tax provisions critical to the hospitality…

But by the late 90s, the once-respectable farm was weeks from being turned into a suburban cookie-cutter subdivision. Enter Penny and Armin Rembe. New Mexico transplants since the ‘60s, they’d…

HOTREC, the umbrella association of hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés across Europe, represents 47 national associations in 36 countries. The European hospitality sector consists of 2 million businesses supporting over…

HOTREC, the umbrella association of hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés across Europe, represents 47 national associations in 36 countries. The European hospitality sector consists of 2 million businesses supporting over…

CHICAGO, Illinois—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the entirety of Playa’s owned real estate portfolio, acquired from Playa on June 17, 2025,…

Airbnb just dropped their latest ‘update’ to Payment Terms. Are we witnessing the transformation from platform to predator? Airbnb hosts, this is what just happened to your ‘business’: (a) Free…