2020 was a challenging year for the hospitality profession. As in past years, Gecko Hospitality conducted our annual salary report. The data was collected from January 2019 to December 2020 and reveals information from more than 1,800 hospitality and restaurant management professionals. What do the numbers tell us?

Hotels, like a lot of industries, are trying to figure out their approach to a widening swath of states legalizing marijuana for either medicinal or recreation use—or both. It’s especially tricky because the federal government still lists cannabis as a Schedule I substance subject to penitentiary time. Hotels are left wondering how to allow guests to smoke in designated areas on-site when it’s legal under state laws.