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HTC plays major role in Senate flip, Willets Point vote

The Hotel Trades Council was a major political force in securing a democratic majority in the State Senate, as well as in pushing the City Council to approve the development of Willets Point.

Two more Sam Chang hotels set to open soon

Two more Sam Chang hotels, part of a tri-hotel complex in Staten Island, are scheduled to open in December and January.

Mexico-based hotel group to open small, luxury hotel in Chelsea

This spring, Grupo Habita plans to open the 56-room Hotel Americano in Chelsea - its first hotel in the United States. àThe Mexico-based company will join a growing number of multinational companies planning, or already owning and operating, hotels in Manhattan.

City wide boom in hotel development continues

According to a recent article on the popular real estate blog, DNAinfo.com, a new hotel, which bills itself as "tapping into [Bushwick's] 'Raw Feeling of Creativity'" will open in spring of 2015. The 116-room Bklyn House Hotel is just one of the many non-union hotels slated to open in 2015, which means the only thing that's raw about the place is the poverty pay deal it will likely offer its employees.

New eco-friendly hotel planned for Lower Manhattan

Shalimar Management has announced plans to build an eco-friendly hotel at 100 Varick Street in Lower Manhattan.

New hotel for West 37th Street parking lot site

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, a 300-room hotel will be going up on West 37th Street in midtown Manhattan. The site to be developed, a parking lot, is between 8th and 9th Avenues. The article described the current New York City hotel market as being "particularly alluring for developers" since tourism, business travel, and hotel room rates have all been on the rise.

Noted commentator supports Tavern workers’ fight

Jim Hightower, a well-known commentator, public speaker, author, and political activist, voiced support for the Tavern on the Green workers' fight to protect their union contract in his newspaper column "The Hightower Report."

40 hotel projects in development in Brooklyn

January 27, 2010

The Brooklyn Eagle has learned that there are 40 hotel projects in the pipeline for Brooklyn.

NYC hotel industry enjoys global appeal

Quickly on the rise after the economic downturn, New York City's hotel industry is again one of the strongest and most appealing markets in the world. Crain's New York reports that foreign investors, many without previous real estate experience, are flocking here to benefit from the big gains investments in NYC hotels yield. 

A Report from HTC President Rich Maroko

By HTC President Rich Maroko

Ever since the COVID-19 crisis decimated the tourism industry and brought on mass layoffs in March 2020, our Union has been working every angle to get as many members back on the job as quickly as possible. Read more...