AHLA’S STATE OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY 2021

AHLA의 2021년 예측

1. Hotels will add 200,000 direct hotel operations jobs in 2021 but will remain nearly 500,000 jobs below the industry’s pre-pandemic employment level of 2.3 million employees.

2. Half of U.S. hotel rooms are projected to remain empty.

3. Business travel is forecasted to be down 85% compared to 2019 through April 2021, and then only begin ticking up slightly.

4. 56% of consumers say they expect to travel for leisure, roughly the same amount as in an average year.

5. Nearly half of consumers see vaccine distribution as key to travel.

6. When selecting a hotel, enhanced cleaning and hygiene practices rank as guests’ number two priority, behind price