As the coronavirus crisis continues, the hospitality business is the latest to suffer from its effects. In a statement released Thursday, the Hotel Association of Canada said national occupancy levels are below 10 per cent, with hotels closing and workers being laid off across the country due to the pandemic.
Scott Jocelyn, president and CEO of the Manitoba Hotel Association, told 680 CJOB this province is feeling the squeeze as well. “It’s been catastrophic,” he said. “Operators are really weighing the decision of whether to remain open or not… The impact has been that devastating.” Jocelyn, also a member of the Canadian association’s board of directors, said it’s been “scary” to hear some of the issues hoteliers are facing in other parts