Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal The hotel and hospitality industries are still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic, but leisure travelers are fueling a recovery that’s generating higher-than-projected room taxes to support Madison’s city budget and fund tourism-related activities. The city saw $18.9 million in room taxes in 2019, but as the pandemic took hold … Read more
Alexandria hotels are still hurting, but there may be some signs of relief on the horizon. The ongoing battering of the hotel industry by Covid has been one of the biggest talking points in the budget so far: particularly because city leaders say it could lead to more tax pressure on the city’s residents. Visit … Read more
The hotel industry in the Richmond region made a big rebound in the second half of last year. Hotels and motels in the region filled rooms with guests from July through December at record numbers – and even at higher rates than in the same time period in 2019, which was just before the coronavirus … Read more