DoorDash Allows Restaurants to Choose Commissions in Post-Pandemic Future
DoorDash Inc. DASH 5.46% is changing the way it charges restaurants to deliver their food, marking a shift in a...
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Restaurants Serve Up Signing Bonuses, Higher Pay to Win Back Workers
Restaurants spent much of the past year trying to win back customers. Now, they are struggling to win back employees.Nationwide...
Travel Boom Coming, Expedia CEO Says: ‘Hotels Will Come Screaming Back’
Peter Kern became chief executive officer of Expedia Group Inc. last April, during the travel industry’s worst crisis in decades....
Alden Clashes With Billionaire Over Future of Tribune—and of Local News
A few weeks ago, New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital LLC was on the verge of acquiring Tribune Publishing...
Is It Safe to Eat at Restaurants Again? Here’s What to Expect
After a year of start-stop openings, seating restrictions and delivery experiments, your favorite eatery is likely seating diners again. More...
WSJ News Exclusive | Rival Group Makes Fully Financed, Roughly $680 Million Bid for Tribune
A Maryland hotel magnate and a Swiss billionaire have made a bid for Tribune Publishing Co. that the newspaper chain...
CFOs Zero In on Shareholders as Stock Volatility Soars
Last quarter’s extreme stock-price moves resurfaced an age-old quandary for company executives: Can they exert any influence over their share...
Blackstone Bids to Buy Australia’s Crown Resorts
SYDNEY— Blackstone Group Inc. BX -0.77% made a takeover offer for Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd. CWN 20.08% valued...
Blackstone, Starwood Capital Team Up in $6 Billion Purchase of Extended Stay
Blackstone Group Inc. and Starwood Capital Group have agreed to acquire hotel owner and operator Extended Stay America Inc. for...
Grab Your Lanyard. Trade Shows Are Plotting a Comeback.
Just a year ago, a crowd of 5,000 people wandering an Orlando, Fla.-area exhibition hall would have been considered tiny...
Search Engine Kayak Courts Small Hotel Owners With Digital App Service
The travel search company Kayak is launching a new feature that will enable guests at independent hotels to use the...
Starbucks, Target Among Companies to Still Mandate Masks in Texas Despite Lift on Covid-19 Restrictions
Some of the biggest U.S. retail, theater, hotel and restaurant chains say they will continue mandating masks and limiting capacity...
Roblox’s ‘Builderman’ CEO Heads to Wall Street With an Army of Young Game Creators
Roblox Corp. Chief Executive David Baszucki won the loyalty of tens of millions of videogamers with a do-it-yourself approach to...
Airbnb Posts Steep Losses in First Earnings Report After Going Public
Airbnb Inc. posted a steep annual loss in its first earnings as a public company, as costs tied to its...
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson Dies at Age 62
Marriott International Inc. Chief Executive Arne Sorenson, who created the world’s largest hotel operator by acquiring Starwood Hotels & Resorts...
WSJ News Exclusive | New York Prosecutors Investigating Trump’s Manhattan Properties
New York prosecutors are investigating financial dealings around some of Donald Trump’s signature Manhattan properties, extending the known range of...
Wendy’s CIO Aims to Keep Pandemic-Fueled Digital Efforts on the Menu
Wendy’s Co. ’s new chief information officer wants stopgap measures put in place to serve customers during the pandemic, like...
Everyone Wants Sushi to Go, and It’s Saving Some Restaurants
At a bleak moment for restaurants, sushi takeout is on a roll. Customer appetites for to-go sushi are rising, from...
Chipotle’s Covid-19 Costs Weigh on Its Profit
Shares in the burrito chain fell in after-hours trading. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Updated Feb. 2, 2021 9:59 pm...
