Forbes Hospitality and tourism was one of the industries affected most by the pandemic. Hotels, airlines, and tourism in general took an enormous hit when Covid-19 shut everything down. As the world slowly tries to get back to normal, hospitality is trying harder than ever to keep their businesses running.  READ MORE

acilitiesNet Water damage is one of the most frequent and expensive property loss claims filed each year for commercial properties including office buildings, industrial complexes, retail outlets, mixed-use developments, and hotel properties. Unfortunately, over the past few years, water damage claims have increased in both frequency and severity.  READ MORE

TechCrunch After already targeting verticals like hotels and apartment complexes, Amazon announced today it’s now rolling out new solutions for healthcare providers and senior living centers. The solutions, which are a part of Alexa Smart Properties, are designed specifically to meet the needs of deploying Alexa devices at scale and will allow the facility’s administrators [...]

Lodging Magazine The COVID-19 Delta variant’s emergence and spread has hampered plans for group and business travel this fall and winter, spurring CBRE Hotels Research to temper its expectations in September 2021 for Q4 2021 U.S. lodging performance on a national basis. CBRE’s tempered outlook extends into 2022, given the likelihood that corporate travel budgets [...]

Skilled Nursing News Operators across the senior living spectrum are reporting better margins with nearly half, 49% of respondents, reporting that they expect margins to increase in the next six months, though skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) saw the slowest acceleration in move-ins in the past 30 days.  READ MORE

The News Tribune The Mustard Seed Project will break ground Saturday on the Key Peninsula’s first assisted-living and memory-care home, built on a model that provides a home-like atmosphere for small living groups, the organization says. The Key Peninsula nonprofit worked with The Green House Project, a national senior advocacy group, to design the complex [...]

FM Link Equipment maintenance has always been one of the most prominent responsibilities for maintenance managers. Not only does it help reduce machine downtime, but it also helps improve efficiency, throughput, profits, asset reliability, and more — reducing several costs in the process. Responsible maintenance managers, as a result, are constantly searching for ways to [...]

FMLink A new study from the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that over half of noise-exposed workers didn’t use hearing protection “always” or “usually” when exposed to hazardous occupational noise. Hearing protection device (HPD) non-use was only measured in workers who reported exposure to noise on the job.  READ MORE

FacilitiesNet Facilities managers have been taking advantage of touchless technology for years. However, the pandemic has really pushed these innovations to the forefront and made them “must-have” products in order to safely welcome back occupants. Facilities managers and their contractors have been working together to prepare buildings for a safe return to the office by [...]

BUILDINGS Prior to the invention of the lightbulb, buildings were lit primarily by the sun during the day, which limited the distance daylight could penetrate the space through windows. Once electric lighting, improved building materials and mechanical ventilation were introduced, larger designs emerged that pushed occupants further into the building and away from the outdoors, [...]

BUILDINGS Prior to the invention of the lightbulb, buildings were lit primarily by the sun during the day, which limited the distance daylight could penetrate the space through windows. Once electric lighting, improved building materials and mechanical ventilation were introduced, larger designs emerged that pushed occupants further into the building and away from the outdoors, [...]

Senior Housing News It’s no secret that staffing challenges have long plagued the senior living industry, but a new survey shows many operators believe those headwinds have intensified in recent months. More than three quarters of assisted living providers — 77% — said their overall workforce situation has gotten “much worse” or “somewhat worse” since [...]

FacilitiesNet Every year, billions of dollars in needed maintenance repairs to facility assets are deferred. Inadequate funding is the most often cited reason for deferring maintenance, closely followed by insufficient staffing. But there are other factors. Maintenance managers and personnel may not fully understand all of the tasks that are necessary to properly maintain building [...]

USA Today Marriott International is getting ready to go net zero. The Maryland-based hospitality company announced Wednesday that it would commit to a target of net-zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the latest travel business to boost environmental efforts as a growing number of travelers seek eco-friendly travel options.  READ MORE

The New York Times As travelers prepare for their next vacation, among the essentials to take along — like a toothbrush, wallet and phone charger — could be proof of vaccination for Covid-19, depending on where they are booked to sleep. As coronavirus cases surge again across the country, driven by the highly contagious Delta [...]

Cleaning & Maintenance Management With baby boomers retiring and senior members of Generation X not far behind, now is the moment for millennials and Gen Z to consider a career in facility management. Business leaders must equip their workplaces to welcome future generations in order to remain competitive. Whether they are just graduating or looking [...]

FacilitiesNet – August 23, 2021 The reopening of institutional and commercial facilities wasn’t supposed to go like this. As spring 2020 unfolded, facility managers were developing strategies and tactics to welcome back returning workers — most of whom would be vaccinated — to healthy buildings with only secondary concerns about pandemic staples such as masks and social [...]

Multi-Housing News Affordable housing developers have plenty of options when it comes to the type and style of community they build. But while new construction allows them to start with a blank slate, quality land sites can be difficult to find, particularly in urban areas where the need for affordable housing — including homes that [...]

Environment + Energy Leader The world is experiencing a revolution in how electricity is generated. As climate poses an existential threat to global ecologies and economies, the future — and increasingly the present — belongs to those companies that can reliably and efficiently generate electricity from low or no carbon sources.  READ MORE

McKnight’s Senior Living Residents of a Florida continuing care retirement community saw their drive for sustainable energy become a reality with the recent installation of solar panels on the community’s roof. Oak Hammock at the University of Florida in Gainesville is funding the $603,000 project, which will install 682 solar panels at the community.  READ MORE