Disneyland as a Vaccination Site? Airports as Test Centers? The Travel Industry Pitches In
Devastated by the pandemic, many travel companies have become part of an ad hoc relief effort.
Lines form at the vaccination site in Disneyland’s Toy Story parking lot in Anaheim, Calif.Credit.County of Orange
By Debra Kamin
Jan. 15, 2021
Five months ago, San Francisco International Airport opened the first airport rapid coronavirus testing site in the United States. Nine months ago, some of the world’s most luxurious hotels, including Claridges in London and the Four Seasons in New York, began housing frontline doctors and nurses. And now another entity in the travel world is performing its own pandemic shift: Disneyland. This week the Anaheim, Calif., theme park began serving as a vaccination super site.
Nine Must Reads for the CRE Industry (Jan. 16, 2021) The Real Deal breaks down the provisions in President-elect Biden’s proposed COVID-19 relief package that would most directly affect the commercial real estate industry. Vaccinations of nursing home residents have faced delays, reports Reuters. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
Biden’s $1.9T package would extend eviction ban, boost rent relief “The proposal would extend a national moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to Sept. 30. The moratorium is set to expire Jan. 31, according to MarketWatch. Biden is also calling on Congress to come up with $30 billion for emergency rental, energy and water assistance for hard-hit families, as well as $5 billion in assistance for those experiencing homelessness.” (