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Coronavirus has seen hotel occupancy rates plummet, and the solution may be close to home – ABC News
With coronavirus causing hotel business to plummet, the industry is targeting a new market of travellers.
The Hyatt Regency in Sydney is Australia’s biggest hotel, but you wouldn’t know it from the vacant foyer.
With travel bans causing business travel to plummet, most of its 892 rooms, as well as its large function rooms, have remained dormant since March.
“We had some events that were ready to happen in March and April, so yes we saw immediate impact when those borders closed,” says the hotel’s general manager, Jane Lyons.
Although the pandemic has transformed the way many people work, Lyons is…
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