Hotel industry says it will struggle to get by even with government help

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Coronavirus has devastated the hospitality industry, forcing hotels to take drastic steps to survive.

His company, Vision Hospitality Group, owns 37 hotels in six states and it had seen record business in January and February, according to Patel. Things were going so well, he was planning to open two more hotels this year, and seven next year. But then, in early March, Patel met with executives from Marriott, the brand many of his hotels operate under, to discuss business. China came up. The hotel business there had plummeted amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Chip Rogers, CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, expects that over the next month about half of hotels in the US will shut down temporarily to weather the coronavirus outbreak, and half will remain open with small teams. An Oxford Economics study conducted for AHLA found that 44% of hotel employees are likely to lose their jobs. And while the $2 trillion financial stimulus package will help, Rogers said it's far from enough.

 

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Boycatt all Trump hotels

2009 22 mil people across 48 states infected with H1N1. Our Nations Top Doctors warned we were dangerously underprepared for a biological war & that this day would come if we didn’t prepare. Joe didn’t warn Congress & ready our country for this day. He ignored their warning

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Keep stoking the fire all you're doing is providing chaos you should be pulled off the air

CNN is fake news

If US citizens won't travel abroad, they can use US hotels. People from other countries will avoid visiting USA for a pretty long time. And US citizens won't be welcome abroad knowing how huge the COVID infection rate is in USA.

I can imagine. “Billionaire” Trump can’t even pay his bills.

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