Bria Woods / San Antonio Report
, released Tuesday. report was prepared by Trinity University professors Richard Butler and Mary Stefl, and released during the tourism agency’s annual meeting with industry business owners. But Robert Thrailkill, who oversees the Hilton Palacio del Rio as vice president of operations for Zachry Hospitality, said his own hotel’s revenue is not following that trajectory. “This has been one of my toughest years as a leader of a hotel,” he said, and two concerns remain top of mind for him.
But despite those concerns and broader economic woes like inflation and a possibly imminent recession, Thrailkill said he was optimistic about the future. “It’s our job in the tourism industry to stay optimistic,” he said.for travel industry professionals is supposed to bring more than 5,000 attendees in May. And Thrailkill heaped praise on recent travel videos produced by Visit San Antonio. “They show the best of San Antonio,” he said.
But not St Mary’s strip.