Atlanta, New Orleans and Orlando are huge conference destinations. Red states need Blue states to
open. Those are the primary destinations for out of state conferences in my field. I was scheduled for a conference in New Orleans in May that was cancelled.
We are all in this together.
https://www.nny360.com/artsandlife/lifestyle/when-can-we-travel-again-experts-share-their-predictions/article_7bf42001-ee35-5ec0-b669-226eddcfccfe.html
A recent Harris Poll asked Americans how long after the curve flattens they would go to a hotel: “One fifth of Americans (21%) say they will stay in a hotel within a month,” with the figure rising to 41% within three months and 60% within six months.
For airlines, the tipping point for most Americans to return to flying comes after four to six months. And more than half said they’d wait a year or more before going on a cruise, according to the poll.
Roger Dow, chief executive of the U.S. Travel Association, thinks travel will rebound, just not as quickly and not all at once.
One thing for sure, Dow said, “Americans generally are going to stay home until next year. ... Europe is done for American travelers.”
“The most important thing as an industry is that we have to be ready for when that moment comes.”
Whenever that may be, there is the matter of gearing up, hotels reopening and flights being added back to a schedule that saw a drop of nearly 60% from Jan. 6 to April 6, according to OAG, which analyzes airline data.
