WANTED: Big Hotel CEOs
The Big Hotel lobbying arm wants to tax middle class Americans to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars while forcing competition out of the market in order to further increase profits that line the pockets of these multi-billion, multi-national corporations.
We have created a list below of the worst offenders.
If you’ve had enough of these price-gouging fat-cats and believe that hard-working American’s have the right to use home share platforms to earn the extra cash they need to make ends meet, sign our petition below.
The New York law “should be a big boost in the arm for the business…certainly in terms of the pricing.”
– Michael Barnello, CEO, LaSalle Hotel Properties
Home sharing is providing everyday Americans with the extra income they need to make ends meet. It also makes our communities stronger. This isn’t about home share v. hotel. This is right v. wrong.
Most Wanted List!
Christopher J. Nassetta
CEO and Director
Hilton Worldwide
Annual Salary: $1,246,154
Stephen P. Holmes
Chairman and CEO
Wyndham Worldwide
Annual Salary: $1,595,784
Mark S. Hoplamazian
President, CEO & Director
Hyatt Hotels
Annual Salary: $1,062,833
W. Edward Walter
President & CEO
Host Hotels & Resorts
Annual Salary: $952,750
Jon E. Bortz
Chairman of the Board, President,
& CEO, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Annual Salary: $750,000
Montgomery J. Bennett
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Ashford Hospitality Trust
Annual Salary: $800,000
Richard A. Smith
President & CEO
Felcor Lodging Trust
Annual Salary: $787,856
Ross H. Bierkhan
Chief Investment Officer &
Exec VP, RLJ Lodging Trust
Annual Salary: $870,994
Mark W. Brugger
President & CEO
Diamondrock Hospitality
Annual Salary: $765,000
Arne M. Sorenson
President & CEO
Marriott International
Annual Salary: $1,236,000
Richard Solomons
Intercontinental
Hotels Group
Annual Salary £785,000
Stephen P. Joyce
CEO
Choice Hotels International
Annual Salary: $998,462
“If you look at business around marathons as an example, where we used to have really intense compression and an ability to price maybe what the customer would describe as sort of gouging rates… I’d say we’ve lost a lot of that ability at this point within the major markets where these events take place.”
– Jon Bortz, CEO, Pebblebrook Trust