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Hotel industry experts: Watch these trends
The editors of Hotels magazine keep their eyes on hospitality trends. Here’s a sample of what they’re predicting for the industry:
Lenders ask feds to change mortgage rules
$6 trillion
Four leading mortgage lenders are among a coalition calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to change the Ability to Repay/Qualified Mortgage rule, Housing Wire reported.
Tariffs cause retail rush
new loyalty app
Retail imports at the nation’s major container ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods from China took effect Sept. 1. They’re expected to surge again before more tariffs take effect in December, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released week by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
Big White Trucks
When traffic rolls into Knudtsen Chevrolet or motors past the Post Falls dealership along Interstate 90, there's bound to be a few curious questions.
Student loan debt can mean postponing homeownership
Young adults shoulder $1.5 trillion worth of student loan debt, and it’s keeping them from becoming homeowners. A recent survey by online marketplace Clever Real Estate found that while 84% of Millennials think homeownership is part of the American Dream, about half (48%) of undergraduates said they’ll put off buying a home because of student loans. The company surveyed 1,000 students.
Word of mouth,free classes fuel studio
COEUR d’ALENE — Connecting with like-minded people and practicing yoga every day makes running The Path Hot Yoga Studio feel like less work than other jobs Nicole Rainey could have pursued.
To participate or not to participate in retail loyalty programs?
Loyalty programs, in one form or another, have been around since the advent of the punch card. Originally designed as a way to drive traffic to a storefront, they now help gather the most important commodity of the new century: Data.
Resort adds three to management
The Coeur d’Alene Resort recently announced three new members to its management team.
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