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Hotel industry is strong in eastern Idaho despite plummeting numbers nationwide
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Take a tour inside the Destinations Inn in the video player above. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS – Eastern Idaho saw more hotel reservations in 2020 than in 2019 a stark contrast to the hotel industry nationwide during the pandemic.
“The hotel industry experienced the most devastating year on record in 2020, resulting in historically low occupancy, massive job loss, and hotel closures across the country,” according to a report from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. “More than 670,000 direct hotel industry operations jobs and nearly 4 million jobs in the broader hospitality industry were lost due to the pandemic.”