Hospitality heavyweights are pushing back against newly enacted hotel-cleaning ordinances in San Francisco and Las Vegas, with daily housekeeping protocols emerging as a key flashpoint in both cities.

Tanya Varevskaya is one busy housekeeper. "Our procedures have changed a little bit since COVID-19," she says. "Remotes, telephones, coffee makers. Everything we disinfect." It’s her job to sanitize ...

What are the first things you do when you arrive at your new hotel room or Airbnb? Jump on the bed to test its firmness? Unpack your clothes? Check for bedbugs? You may want to add a quick cleaning to ...