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New Data: State-by-State Breakdown on Projected Hotel Industry Job Loss for 2021
AHLA | May 3, 2021
Download Fact Sheet on 2021 State Job Loss Here WASHINGTON — May 3, 2021 — Today, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) released new data showcasing the ongoing devastating impact of COVID-19 on hotel industry employment, including projected hotel job loss through the end of 2021. Without targeted relief from Congress, nationwide, hotels are expected to end 2021 down 500,000 jobs. Hotels are the only major hospitality and leisure segment yet to receive direct aid. The top five states projected to end 2021 down the highest number of jobs include: California: 67,169 jobs lost Florid...
Travel-Related Unemployment Hits 51% Just Ahead of Memorial Day
The U.S. Travel Association | May 20, 2020
WASHINGTON (May 20, 2020)—More than half of the 15.8 million travel-related jobs in the U.S. have disappeared since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic—driving an unemployment number (51%) that is more than twice the 25% rate the country as a whole experienced at the worst of the Great Depression, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Travel Association. Prepared for U.S. Travel by the research firm Tourism Economics, the painful jobs figures arrive just days before the Memorial Day holiday weekend—the unofficial start of the summer travel season, for which many travel businesses would have typically prepared with a round ...
