In a show of goodwill to thousands of workers affected by the government shutdown, the Hotel Association of New York City announced it will provide free hotel rooms to furloughed federal workers who need to travel to New York City for personal emergencies during the shutdown.
Authorization to reopen public lands during government shutdown provides protections for hoteliers
Describes hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue, and layoffs
National park hotels see demand slowdown during shutdown
Urges Congress to seek long-term solutions to nation’s fiscal problems
Greg Bryan, vice president and chief operating officer of the Best Western Premier Grand Canyon Squire Inn, mayor of Tusayan, Arizona, and a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), is set to testify this morning at a joint hearing of the House Natural Resources and Oversight and Government Reform Committees.
Lodging industry suffering weekly losses of $57.6 million due to government inaction
The current US government shutdown means that a lot of federal employees are unable to do go to work. What are hoteliers doing about it? Some are doing nothing. Others are making lemonade!
Faced with an ever-increasing economic hit to the domestic travel and tourism industry resulting from the ongoing government shutdown and the looming breach of the federal debt ceiling, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and hoteliers from across the country sent a letter to President Barack Obama and all 535 members of the United States Congress pressing for a swift, bipartisan resolution.
Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson shares his personal thoughts about the federal government shutdown and the impact it has well beyond Washington, D.C. and past the U.S. borders.