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Hotels Face Bigger Hit Than Post-9/11 and Great Recession Combined: Hospitality Official Warns

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: The lobby of the Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans, where tourism has been hit.  Hyatt

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Will the U.S.government be able to bail out everyone? The line of businesses and people hoping for relief is getting very long.

Just back from a White House meeting with the president, the CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association characterized the impact of coronavirus in the United States is already more severe for the hotel industry than the September 11 attacks and the 2008 recession combined. "Half of the hotels in the United States could close this year," AH&LA CEO Chip Rogers  said in a press bri

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