Breaking the Hospitality Hiring Crisis: In Conversation with Ayush Soota, Founder of Paathz
Why this matters
Hospitality has separated by chain scale and demand segment, with luxury and resort outperforming and select-service holding pricing power on a leaner cost base. New construction starts remain at multi-decade lows, which has supported in-place RevPAR and made conversions of soft-branded flags an increasingly active part of transaction velocity. For sponsors with operational expertise, the sector continues to offer one of the more compelling income-plus-appreciation profiles available across CRE.
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On the RET wire
- Disclosed hospitality deal value tracked in October 2026: $985M across 6 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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Paathz founder Ayush Soota explains how the AI-powered hospitality hiring platform, which attracted 50,000 professionals in beta, replaces traditional CVs with structured profiles and hospitality-native matching.
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