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Connecticut Lodging Association
Coronavirus Update 6/24/20
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Coronavirus (COVID19) in Connecticut
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Overall Summary Total**; Change Since Yesterday
COVID-19 Cases
45,899; +117
COVID-19-Associated Deaths
4,277; +14
Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19
138; -2
COVID-19 PCR Tests Reported
401,986; +6,396
**Includes confirmed plus probable cases
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- Phase 2 - Lodging Guidelines: English | Spanish
- Gatherings Expanded: All social and recreational gatherings are limited to 25 people indoors and 100 people outdoors. See below for full details.
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For COVID 19 Information Connecticut Residents Can Call 2-1-1 or text CTCOVID to 898211
NEWS
Coronavirus in Connecticut: Live updates, hour-by-hour
ctpost.com
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Connecticut Office of Tourism
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So pleased to announce that we're launching a new campaign to help re-invigorate revenues for the state's many tourism-related businesses. Our new
So Good to See You, Connecticut
campaign will show how ready our tourism partners are to welcome visitors back safely — and encourage visitors to take a fresh look at all the state has to offer.
What's coming next. From our existing statewide tourism budget, we've allocated more than $1 million to a multimedia campaign that will include social media, search, content seeding, digital marketing, video marketing, and streaming TV ads. In collaboration with the regional tourism marketing districts, we're also investing in an in-state broadcast TV media buy. For more details, click the link below for the
campaign fact shee
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How you can be included. Of course, to get people to see Connecticut with fresh eyes, we need to feature fresh imagery in our campaign. So if you have any great new photos or footage that showcase your business, please share them with us. We've even created a
new submission form
that makes it easy to upload them.
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New AHLA Consumer Survey:
AHLA is set to release the
results of a new survey
, conducted by Morning Consult showing that while Americans remain hesitant about traveling, they overwhelmingly support efforts by Congress to help the travel industry recover. Key findings include:
- 70 percent of Americans support the passage of additional economic stimulus for the industries most negatively impacted by the pandemic, including the travel and hospitality sectors
- By nearly a 3-1 margin, Americans support a new, temporary federal travel tax credit to encourage people to travel (61% support, 21% oppose)
- By nearly a 3-1 margin, Americans support restoring the business entertainment expense deduction to encourage business travel (57% support, 21% oppose)
- By more than a 3-1 margin, Americans support efforts by the federal government to require banks to offer debt relief or forbearance on commercial hotel mortgages (63% support, 16% oppose)
Promoting Travel Incentives:
As part of AHLA's "
Roadmap to Recovery
", we urged Congress to help incentivize Americans to travel again when it's safe, including a temporary tax incentive to domestic travel and restoring the business entertainment expense deduction. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced
The American Trip Act
yesterday, which includes the following highlights:
- Provides a $4,000 travel credit for individuals, and $8,000 for joint filers (plus an additional $500 credit for dependent children), for 2020, 2021, and 2022
- Applies to all travel within the United States and its territories, so long as the travel and expenses and final destination is 50 miles from the principal residence of the filer(s)
- Qualified expenses for the credit include lodging, travel, and entertainment
AHLA Launches A New Series Spotlighting Luminaries.
Building off the tremendous success of The Forum™, this
new series
continues a deep dive into the issues and forces that will shape the hotel industry of tomorrow. Join Chip Rogers, AHLA President & CEO, as he engages business and political luminaries in thought provoking discussions on leadership in times of crisis, the state of our industry and future economic trends. In a time of great uncertainty, gaining insights and projecting a path forward is more important than ever. Registration is limited. Secure your spot today!
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 2pm EDT
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Webinars
*Please login using your member ID to view the webinars.
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Trump Proclamation Expands Restrictions On Legal Immigration
Authors: Davis Bae and Shanon Stevenson
President Trump just issued a Proclamation to further restrict legal immigration, preventing employers from bringing new H-1B, H-2B, L-1A, L-1B, and J-1 workers from abroad into the United States. Effective June 24, 2020 (12:01am EST), this Proclamation will bar new temporary visas for foreign workers and their dependents through 2020 and potentially longer. The Proclamation also immediately extends the prior suspension of immigrant visas for those applying from abroad for the remainder of 2020. What do employers need to know about this development?
Andria Lure Ryan
Attorney at Law
Fisher & Phillips LLP
1075 Peachtree Street, NE | Suite 3500 | Atlanta, GA 30309
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STR: U.S. Hotel Performance for May 2020
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. hotel industry showed continued lower performance during May 2020, according to data from STR. In a year-over-year comparison with May 2019, the industry recorded the following:
- Occupancy: -51.7% to 33.1%
- Average daily rate (ADR): -39.9% to US$79.57
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -71.0% to US$26.35
The absolute occupancy and RevPAR levels were the lowest for any May on record in the U.S., but all three key performance metrics were up from April levels. Recent weekly data shows occupancy above 40% due to a slow and steady rise in demand. See
full article.
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Rocked by pandemic, Connecticut hotel industry looks ahead toward recovery
rep-am.com
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Lodging Reopening Guidelines
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All businesses subject to the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reopening rules are required to self-certify prior to opening, this includes all lodging.
Guidelines:
NEW
Last month Source1 presented a live webinar to ISHA members
VIEW HERE
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COVID19: What is the current situation?
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Total cases:
2,302,288; +26,643
Total deaths:
120,333; +410
COVID-19 Travel Recommendations
- The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19.
- CDC recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential international travel. CDC recommends that travelers avoid travel to Brazil, China, Iran, Most European Countries, United Kingdom and Ireland
- U.S. Travel: Travel increases your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19. Do not travel if you are sick, or if you have been around someone with COVID-19 in the past 14 days. Do not travel with someone who is sick. Protect yourself and others during your trip.
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World Health Organization Situation Report
who.int
8 993 659 cases; +183 020
469 587 deaths; +3 847
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The Connecticut Lodging Association is a trade association representing and promoting the lodging industry in Connecticut. Want to know about CLA benefits and membership? Visit us at
ctlodging.org/membership
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