Five start hotels are exposed to changes in the cost of labor. Rich people are less price sensitive than people who are not so rich. Luxury hotels have found it far easier to pass on higher costs to their customers and therefore preserve their margins.
The campaigning is a bit nasty, by British standards, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vie to become Conservative Party leader and thus prime minister. What will the mud-slinging do for the party’s image? We examine a potentially simple solution to address the Catholic Church’s problem with child abuse. And why prices are skyrocketing at posh hotels.