Hotel News Now via CoStar Pain points brought on by the pandemic continue to linger for hotel operators as they welcome guests back, and management companies are learning not everything will have an immediate solution. Hotel News Now reached out to CEOs at four management companies in the U.S. to detail the challenges they are [...]

Senior Housing News The global economy is in the grip of a labor crisis, with headlines blaring about worker shortages across industries from trucking to hotels to banking. The senior living industry has not been spared from pandemic-related workforce challenges — but the current difficulties might only be worsening a system that was already under [...]

USA Today A hotel in Shanghai claims to have opened China’s highest hotel in the world’s second tallest skyscraper: The J Hotel Shanghai Tower. The hotel has top floors inside the Shanghai Tower around 2,000 feet – two times the height of the Eiffel Tower – and is the tallest building in China. The J [...]

Security Info Watch As vaccination rates for COVID-19 continue to rise, the global business community is advancing the conversation about returning to work. Employees that were housed in large private and multi-tenant office spaces in major urban and suburban centers are being presented an array of options, many of which include a part-time return to [...]

Lodging Magazine The following is a statement from Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), on easing face covering and physical distancing requirements for hotel employees in response to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance: “In response to increasing [...]

Lodging Magazine Hilton is growing its Las Vegas footprint to have more than 30 hotels and over 11,000 rooms across 12 brands in the market by the end of 2021. On the heels of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Curio Collection by Hilton’s June opening, and weeks before the debut of Conrad Hotels & Resorts, LXR [...]

Senior Housing News By Tim Regan The long-term industry is facing intense staffing headwinds in 2021, and assisted living providers are finding workers in short supply. That’s according to a new survey from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) that was conducted between June 7 and 11. The survey, released Wednesday, [...]

Facilities Magazine – FMLink by Brianna Crandall — June 23, 2021 — When faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, facilities managers (FMs) had to quickly adapt to implement new health and safety measures in their buildings. In addition to more stringent and frequent cleaning and disinfecting regimens, new measures included many physical changes as well. According to [...]

LODGING As many U.S. travelers begin vacationing once more, hotels and hotel companies are implementing health and wellness initiatives and standards to make guests feel safe while traveling. From new partnerships to programs, hotels are working toward making sure guests are both physically and mentally well. Andaz Properties Launch Wellness Suites Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows is [...]

FacilitiesNet For Richie Stever, director of operations and maintenance at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) and Midtown campuses in Baltimore, working in facility management is second nature. Not only is Stever a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), but he is pursuing a master’s degree in healthcare administration at the University of Maryland University [...]

Facility Executive The hotel industry was among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as travel rates increase, hotels are turning to science and technology to create environments that make guests feel safer. A recent computer modeling study from Honeywell examined indoor air quality in hotel common areas, focusing specifically on filtration and purification [...]

Facility Executive - By Fariyal Khanbabi The stark reduction in pollution and environmental emissions during the peak of the pandemic has made sustainability a top-of-mind concern for companies across every business sector. While many organizations had been theoretically moving toward greener operations for years, not all have actually had a sustainability strategy in place. But priorities [...]

McKnight’s Senior Living Assisted living operators in Colorado may face increased fines and a requirement that all administrators be licensed if a state lawmaker has her way. Sen. Jessie Danielson (D-Wheat Ridge) told CBS4 that she hopes to introduce a bill in next year’s legislative session that will “hold assisted living facilities accountable” following allegations [...]

Architectural Digest -  Shivani Vora What fusty and depressing nursing homes? Senior living today is going the way of high design and hipness: A new cadre of upscale and stylish communities are more akin to sleek boutique hotels or luxury condominiums than the afterthought environments they were in the past. With all-inclusive monthly rates that start [...]

BU Today “I’d wanted to do seniors housing as a career since I was 14 or 15,” says Serena Lipton. Um, what? “We had to do volunteer hours when I was in high school, and I chose to start off volunteering at the place where my great-aunt was living, a Hebrew senior rehab,” says Lipton [...]

Facilities Net In 1966, at his University of Cape Town address, Robert Kennedy said, “Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty, but they are also the most creative.” In 2020, shifts in environmental factors rapidly created new broad security challenges. The year began with the coronavirus [...]

ARC Facilities Spring is a good season for facility managers. With weather improving, this is the time to get outside and ensure environments are safe and equipment is up to standard, guaranteeing a safe working environment for everyone in the organization, including schools which are continuing to ramp-up for kids returning to buildings.  READ MORE

McKnight’s Senior Living Older adults are struggling to meet cost-of-living expenses in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to a new report from UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute. But federal, state and local entities can play an important role in removing barriers to a secure retirement, the authors say. The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan, [...]

FacilitiesNet The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) equipment installed in facilities, among the largest and most complex systems in any building, have a tremendous impact on energy use and how rapidly organizations meet carbon emissions goals. While many facility managers have prioritized low-hanging fruit to drive down systems’ energy use, there’s a much bigger opportunity [...]

Planning, BIM & Construction Today Increasingly stringent energy conservation targets have led, not unsurprisingly, to the greater use of foamed polymers for thermal insulation. It is no secret that these materials are combustible, and we’ve moved to a position where we don’t just have fires in buildings but buildings on fire — where the building [...]