A Creative Way to Jump-Start the Meetings Market

There is growing demand among planners, meeting attendees and travelers for social bubbles where guests can “take over” blocks of rooms, dedicated hotel floors and even all of the hotel’s meeting space to ensure safe, socially distanced and dedicated hotel use.

Hotel Lenders Skeptical About New Development

Hotel industry debt markets are starting to recover from COVID-19 shocks but lenders remain skeptical about construction loans until there’s more clarity about post-pandemic travel activity, according to a brokerage report.