Media: COVID-19’s Effects on the Hotel Industry
The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) and its provincial and city hotel association partners have been driving headlines about the impact of COVID-19 on hotels, explaining to the public and governments that relief for our industry means relief for owners, small business and employees. As a result, HAC’s message was covered on every major national news network, earning 150 million impressions nationally.
Television Headlines:
- BNN Bloomberg: Small hotels cash flow has run dry
- CTV News: Hotel Association of Canada warns impact of COVID-19 on business
- CBC News: Canada’s hotel industry hammered by COVID-19
- CHCH News (Ontario): Canadian tourism plummets due to COVID-19
Print Headlines:
National:
- Globe and Mail: Canadian companies begin laying off thousands of employees in first wave of pandemic job losses
- Toronto Star: Hotel Association of Canada warns of impact of COVID-19 on business
(This story, published by the Canadian Press, was published in 75 regional markets) - BNN Bloomberg: Atomic jobless bomb forces Canada to confront scale of crisis
- Global News: Ontario COVID-19 Measures Layoffs in hospitality, travel industries
Trade Publications:
- Hotelier Magazine: Hotel industry has crashed says HAC statement
- Canadian Lodging News: Canada’s Hotel Industry faces collapse
- Canadian Lodging News: Business Continuity a critical issue for hotels
- TravelPulse: Hotels Hit Hard by COVID-19: World Travel/Tourism Group Calls for Massive Aid
Manitoba
- Global News (Manitoba | Manitoba Hotel Association): Coronavirus ‘catastrophic’ for Manitoba hotel industry, says association head
Ontario:
- North Bay Nugget: Hotel room cancellations part of COVID-19 fallout
- CTV News (Ottawa): ‘It’s Decimating’: Ottawa’s tourism and hotel industry hit hard by COVID-19
- Ottawa Business Journal: Chateau Laurier set to close amid dire circumstances for hotel industry
Alberta:
- Edmonton Journal (Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association): Finding homes for homeless a public health emergency in its own right
Saskatchewan:
- Global News (Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan Hotel & Hospitality Association): 10,000 hospitality workers expected to be laid off in Saskatchewan

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