Hospitality Looks Forward To Summertime Boom, But The Industry Is Still Wounded

Leisure travel is looking to surge over Memorial Day weekend and into the summer as vaccination rates edge higher, mask and other pandemic mandates fade, and people start gathering in groups.

Now, the pandemic-crushed hospitality industry says it anticipates a boost.

But with business travel still largely absent, a summer travel boost will be only the beginning of recovery for hospitality, with the possibility of the unknown still haunting the business, industry experts say...
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RSK: I do not think hospitality and restaurants will get up to speed until fall. Not enough workers out there to do so at this point.