By Nikki Courtney
Apr 29, 2021
The past year has been brutal for the Houston hotel industry. Normal occupancy in April is around 66%. Early last April it hit a low point of 22%, and has staged a comeback of around 60% as of last weekend.
The leisure industry is a top 5 employer in the city, and those service jobs were among those most dramatically impacted when hotels, restaurants and amusements were forced to close a year ago. More than 70% of jobs vanished quickly.
But a corner has been turned and in a vaccinated world the future is looking bright with the return of many large conventions headed for the George R. Brown.
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Omni Houston Hotel, May 19 | 7 p.m. CDT
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Measures to promote social distancing will be in place at this event. Attendees must wear face coverings when not seated at their tables. Seating will be limited and spaced out throughout the ballroom. Attendees will have their temperature taken before entering the ballroom. In addition, the hotel will provide hand sanitizer dispensers, among other health and safety measures.
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Texas prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid winter storm, power outages
Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight.
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HOUSTON Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight.
Officials in Texas say the winter storm that knocked out power and water to millions of residents is providing an opportunity for some unscrupulous merchants to take advantage of the situation by charging exorbitant prices for essential supplies.
A system set up Wednesday in Houston for residents to report incidents of price gouging received more than 450 complaints in less than 20 hours, said Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, the chief civil attorney for Texas largest county.
Texas flexcations and boondocking among top travel trends for 2021
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Share: It turns out, travelers around the United States actually like fresh air. They don t mind driving a few hours out of town. They want to connect to Wi-Fi so they can work or learn, but they d also be okay without it (eeeek!) as long as they re in a clean, safe place. And they really, really like Texas.
Those were some of the findings revealed by leaders of major travel brands in a December webinar reviewing 2020 travel trends and forecasting them for 2021.
Yes, people did travel last year, just not over long distances by planes and trains. They rented RVs and worked over Wi-Fi from the woods, drove to state parks and went camping - all in the name of flexibility and fresh air. And Texas continues to be a hot destination for all of it.