Embattled Tourism Industry Looks for Optimism in 2021
Tourism optimism for summer By Elly Cosgrove | January 16, 2021 at 12:09 PM EST - Updated January 17 at 11:08 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Tourism continues to bear the brunt of the pandemic as 100,000 people still remain out of work in the industry and billions of dollars are lost in visitor spending.
“We’ve never seen anything like this,” Visit North Carolina Director Wit Tuttell said. “In a moment essentially, tourism stopped.”
But as a vaccine slowly makes its way into the arms of Americans, tourism leaders in our area and in the state are hopeful that people will feel more comfortable traveling by Summer, and that we could see a glimmer of normalcy by 2021.
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New owners of Holiday Inn Resort promise upgrades
New owners of Holiday Inn Resort promise upgrades By Elly Cosgrove | December 28, 2020 at 10:40 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 3:56 PM
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - After two years of talks, OTO Development, a hotel development and management company, acquired the Holiday Inn Resort at Wrightsville Beach last week and plans major upgrades.
OTO Development, based out of Spartanburg, S.C., prides itself on its ability to purchase and re-purpose existing assets in prime locations, according to a press release.
Although the travel and hospitality industries have taken a hit as a result of this pandemic, OTO Development feels confident in the type of safe vacation a hotel like the Holiday Inn Resort can provide.
The sun-kissed beaches of Sanya or the snowy slopes of Chongli. Traveling is not always easy during COVID times. Nonetheless, many of you may be looking for a break from Beijing over the holidays. With foreign vacations off the cards, many travelers will be visiting tourist spots in the Chinese mainland. Here are some things you should know before setting off.
COVID-19 Update
First, let’s get up to speed with what’s happened in Beijing regarding the pandemic. On December 14, an imported case from Hong Kong was reported in the Jiuxianqiao neighborhood in Chaoyang district. A Hanting hotel, where an infected person stayed, was declared a medium-risk area along with other small stores which are part of the same building. Other cases have also been recently reported in Beijing.