Gulf Coast hotels face "hair on fire time"

Lodging properties are getting creative in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 9:50 a.m. May 8, 2020
COURTESY PHOTO -- The 26-story JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Tampa is preparing for a fourth--quarter opening in downtown Tampa despite the coronavirus.
COURTESY PHOTO -- The 26-story JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Tampa is preparing for a fourth--quarter opening in downtown Tampa despite the coronavirus.
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Amid one of the steepest declines since the Great Depression brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the hospitality industry along the Gulf Coast and nationwide is grappling with ways to generate revenue and position itself for eventual recovery.

 

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