SC hotels see promising season, but need more staff to match tourism
VIDEO: SC hotels see promising season, but need more staff to match tourism By Lillian Donahue | April 29, 2021 at 2:19 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 7:36 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hotels are bracing for a busy summer, but the lasting impact of the pandemic has many still trying to find the staff they need to keep up.
Daniel Blumenstock, the director of Lowcountry Hotels, said leisure travelers have returned to the Palmetto State in full force.
“We’re probably 1,000-something percent ahead of last year. It’s a night and day difference,” Blumenstock said.
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“We are sorry that, like other airlines, due to the current coronavirus pandemic and global travel restrictions we are operating a reduced and dynamic schedule,” British Airways said in a written statement Wednesday to The Post and Courier. “We will be in touch with any customers whose flights are affected and advise customers to check ba.com for the latest flight information.”
The service between Charleston International and Heathrow Airport was first announced in the fall of 2018, and it finished its inaugural run of twice-weekly flights on a Boeing 787 in 2019. British Airways flew the route from early April through mid-October last year, and it was scheduled to start up again March 29.Â