With virtually no leisure travel, the suspension of all in-person business gatherings is taking a multimillion-dollar bite out of an already suffering sector.
"They're the people that open doors and clean rooms and do all the things that are so essential to making that stay memorable and enjoyable, so it's very difficult to see so many people affected like this," Weir said. Many events have been postponed until 2023 or 2024, such as the 10,000-attendee International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, initially scheduled April. Others such as the International Economic Forum of the Americas' Montreal conference, originally slated for June, are now on the calendar for December.
& HOW do these “business tourists”GET to where their going?PLANES/TRAINS/& AUTOMOBILES?Which RUN ON?!
Send the bill to China !
How is this going to help people right now? Please consider your reporting. People are struggling and don't need this adding to it. There are SO MANY positive stories. WE KNOW everyone is losing money. We know.