York County's resilient hospitality industry readies for the next test: 2021
It was early March and Nancy White, general manager at the Cliff House in Cape Neddick, was at the top of the reception area watching guests at the resort interacting, enjoying a late-winter vacation. While COVID-19 was in the news, shutdowns, mandatory masks, state restrictions, social distancing and more were yet to come. The guests may have been were oblivious to what lay ahead, White says, but starting that day, things happened fast at the 226-room hotel and resort. The spa and then the resort closed, as state restrictions requiring lodging to shut down came out. In Kennebunkport, the Non...