Financial entities have been subject to risk-based capital requirements for many years. The experiences of the recent financial crisis led to heightened criticism that these rules are pro-cyclical, meaning they require insufficient capital during economic booms and excessive capital during...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how much the lodging shared economy (LSE) utilizes minimum length of stay (MLOS) controls to maximize revenue and reduce housekeeping expense, since cleaning between guest visits represents a substantial variable cost for each guest’s stay....

Purpose Advances in technology and in subsequent guest-related amenities have the potential to improve the guest experience and also increase both guestroom revenues and ancillary room revenues. Innovative technologies will be one of the prime differentiators of hotel companies in the...