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Guests slowly return to Med City hotels as pandemic s grip loosens
While Rochester hotels took a hard economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, a steady stream of Mayo Clinic patients has blunted that blow a bit and is fueling a slow recovery. 6:00 am, Mar. 6, 2021 ×
Hilton Hotel bellman Richard Gee brings a guest s luggage to their car Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at the downtown Rochester hotel. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach)
Hotels, early economic victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, are still struggling, even as thousands are being vaccinated each day.
About 35 percent of Rochester’s 5,666 hotel rooms were occupied in January, compared to about 56 percent occupancy in January 2020. Revenue per available room was down 44 percent compared to the same period last year.