Hotel

Charlotte’s South End has changed tremendously in recent years, with new restaurants and stores and an explosion of apartments and office space. One area where it’s lacking, though, is hotels. That could be about to change. To talk more about it and other business news of the week, Ashley Fahey of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

A rundown motel in west Charlotte is closing this week after the city deemed it unsafe. About 70 residents had to find new homes quickly. That’s a tall order in a city that has a shortage of affordable housing. The city has put together a team with the help of several nonprofits to assist people in mass displacement situations like this.

The head of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association sent a letter to the Charlotte City Council Monday urging them not to consider using taxes dedicated for tourism to pay for things the group doesn’t consider tourism-specific.

As part of our series Rebuilding Charlotte, we're taking a closer look at the pandemic's impact on hotel workers. WFAE's "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry is joined by Emily Reaves. She's a lecturer in the College of Hospitality Management at Johnson and Wales University.

The hotel industry took a beating last year when shutdowns brought travel plans to a halt. Travel is rebounding this summer as cooped-up Americans get vaccinated and out of the house.

A 1,000-room hotel could be built uptown, if the city council agrees to use tax dollars to help subsidize it. That pitch was made to city council members…