Local hotels are hoping for the return of congresses and conferences
Updated: 7:08 PM PDT March 30, 2021
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At 6 a.m. tonight, the local hospitality industry welcomes the reopening of key attractions like the Aquarium, Art Museum, and later this week the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk. They all help bring tourists back to the area. But there is a group of tourists that the industry still cannot cater to, and they hope that soon with more that will change. Then we go to Action News 8. The reporter Felix Cortez lives in Monterey. Well, Erin, while industry leaders say we’re seeing more tourists, many of them are day-trippers for that day and then gone. What the hotel industry really desires is this group of companies, the congresses and conferences. We are currently in secret. This is our soon to be the newest iteration of the hotel’s Mediterranean coastal cuisine, the Hyatt Regency, which is completing a major renovation project that includes a new restaurant, bar area and outdoor seating. All they need is for the tourists to return, especially the group business, the congress attendees. It will be an increasing problem if we don’t make rapid progress in this segment of the hospitality industry. Hotels are gradually seeing more weekend visitors, but they have not been able to book the conventions and conferences, and usually the expenses are much better. And that benefits not only the hotels, but also local retail and local restaurant trips. Um, it has had a long impact on our community and really keeps us able to enjoy the things we’ve learned to love here in Monterey. The larger hotels depend in large part on group business to survive. But all of this is being put on hold until the state issues guidelines for reopening this business. If they said tomorrow we could have 100 groups of people, I know our phones are ringing and until that happens most of the hospitality workers are still out of work. I think getting people back to work will still be a slow task, especially the group piece. I mean, there are a lot of people who have banquets on the peninsula. There are many cooks, many servers that it will be Unfortunately, this is the piece that will be lagging behind and not an indication from the state when some of these conventions and conference restrictions might be relaxed. Until then, the hospitality industry will continue to suffer a financial blow that reached nearly $ 2 billion last year due to the covid pandemic. Reporting from Monterrey I’m Felix Cortez kstw Action News eight mhm.
Local hotels are hoping for the return of congresses and conferences
Updated: 7:08 PM PDT March 30, 2021
The Hyatt Regency has completed an extensive renovation project that includes a new restaurant, bar area, and outdoor seating. All they need is the return of the tourists, especially the group business.
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The Hyatt Regency has completed an extensive renovation project that includes a new restaurant, bar area, and outdoor seating. All they need is the return of the tourists, especially the group business. |
