By Centre County Report | Dayna Brewer Since COVID hit last year the local hospitality industry has taken a hard hit. But with Penn State holding its first in-person commencement since December 2019, hotels and bed and breakfasts have booked up for this weekend. “This will be the busiest weekend that this area has enjoyed since the [Penn State football] Whiteout weekend in 2019,” said Dave Gerdes, Happy Valley Adventure Bureau vice president of sales and marketing. He says Centre County took a cautious approach to visitors during much of the pandemic. “… We had to be very sensitive to the community,” Gerdes said. “The community throughout this pandemic have at times not been very comfortable with welcoming people in. It’s not like they said ‘no,’ but they didn’t exactly say ‘yes.'”