MARRIOTT CEO: Trump's travel ban is hurting hotels

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Donald Trump’s travel ban is hurting the hotel industry, according to Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson.

The ban, which predominantly affects Muslims, is “not good, period,” Sorenson said at a company gathering in Dubai. He claimed that bookings from the Middle East and North Africa were down up to 30 percent in February.

Travelers from those regions tend to spend disproportionately higher on hotel bills, the New York Post reports, so their absence hurts hospitality firms’ bottom line.

“In a banner year, business from these guests at (The Lotte New York Palace hotel) contribute up to 10 percent of annual room revenues — or about $12 million,” David Chase, former GM of the Palace, told the Post. “They travel in groups of 20 to 80 and they will take entire floors at the hotel for months at a time.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/marriott-ceo-trumps-travel-ban-is-hurting-hotels-2017-4

[Hokie]

1. I feel some schadenfreude coming on

Marriott is a huge pro-Republican outfit. I know it 2012 they were all in for Romney. During the campaign all the TV's in the common areas were tuned to Faux News.

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2. Another colossal FAIL for republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Ha ha. republican Comrade Casino was only joking when he (sniff, sniff) sputtered out this lie: