Hotels hope for more pandemic recovery following spring losses
As many businesses across Saskatchewan continue to see small positives since reopening, the tourism industry remains the hardest hit.
However, there’s some hope that more progress in combating the spread of the coronavirus could slowly bring back some of the business lost from event cancellations.
Hotels have slowly reopened gyms and games rooms and the province’s latest update on the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan allows for the use of conference/banquet rooms, assuming compliance with public health orders. However, it does not allow for morning buffets at and the number of people in games rooms are limited, impacting establishments like the Comfort Inn and Suites in North Battleford.
“We don’t want any more than 10 people in there at one time, our gym we don’t want more than two in there,” Sales and Business Relationship Manager for CCR Hospitality Darin Menagre told battlefordsNOW. The earliest possible date for opening the breakfast buffet is late September, he said.