Connecticut Lodging Association
Coronavirus Update 9/7/2021
URGENT: Labor and Business Come Together to Save Hotel Jobs
AHLA and UNITE HERE! recently sent a joint letter to Congressional leadership and staff, urging critical and much needed support for our members and our workforce.

This unprecedented show of unity between business and labor demonstrates just how vital it is that we come together to support the lodging industry and save the jobs of the hardworking employees in hotels across America. 

If you have not yet sent a letter to your representatives in support of this legislation, TODAY is the day. It just takes 60 seconds of your time to email your Members of Congress to support this vital bill. The email is pre-written, just enter your information and click send. It's that simple. 

Together, let's make the hotel industry's voice so loud that Congress has to take action and provide the relief hotels desperately need to recover.
Coronavirus (COVID19) in Connecticut
Connecticut Update: as of Sept. 3, 2021 4:00 p.m. portal.ct.gov/coronavirus
Overall Summary Total**; Change Since Yesterday
COVID-19 Cases 375,135; +665
COVID-19 Tests Reported; 10,547,693; +24,349
Daily Test Positivity; 2.73%
Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19; 365; +8
**Includes confirmed plus probable cases
U.S. - COVID19: What is the current situation?
Cases & Latest Updates 9/4/21 Cases in U.S.
Total cases: 39,831,318 +157,997
Total deaths: 644,848 +1,415
Global
World Health Organization Situation Report who.int
220,904,838; cases; +506,194
4,570,946; deaths; 8,406
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67% of Business Travelers To Reduce Trips Amid Rising 
COVID-19 Cases
Business travelers have been scaling back travel plans amid rising COVID-19 cases, with 67% planning to take fewer trips, 52% likely to cancel existing travel plans without rescheduling, and 60% planning to postpone existing travel plans, according to a new national survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of AHLA. 
  
Despite an uptick in leisure travel over the summer, the new survey highlights the dim outlook for business travel and events, which account for more than half of hotel revenue and aren’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024.
 
The lack of business travel and events has major repercussions for hotel employment. Hotels are expected to end 2021 down nearly 500,000 jobscompared to 2019, underscoring the need for targeted federal relief such as the Save Hotel Jobs Act.
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