Canadian Lodging News looks at what governments are doing to help with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how hotels are coping in every province.

An eight-person executive team of Guelph’s HAC student chapter actively work to create engaging student learning events each and every semester. One such event was held on Friday, February 28th, with students visiting…

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — The latest STR statistics for Canada paint a picture that becomes more dire as the weeks wear on. Occupancy last week in Canadian hotels was just 21.4 per cent. Showing further COVID-19 impact,…

Restaurants Canada estimates that 800,000 foodservice jobs have already been lost due to COVID-19 — about 28,000 just in Manitoba alone — and they might not return if current conditions continue.

CANADA — The Vancouver Convention Centre will be used as a hospital; Quebec and Ontario governments are working toward use of hotels as hospitals; and the Canadian Navy is seeking a Halifax hotel to house troops.

In spite of the hardships around us all, Joe Baker of Centennial College has never before seen the kinds of unity he is seeing now. Industry and government messages are crystal clear – the tourism industry is vital to…

CANADA — Hotels have their windows lit up to form the shape of hearts. Easton’s Group has started Project Kindness by delivering excess food from hotels to those in need. And both Accent Inns and Amexon are among the…

OTTAWA — The Canadian Hotel Advisor Collective has been formed to filter, funnel and direct timely, useful information as a response to the impact of COVID-19 on our industry. CHAC was jointly formed by leading Canadian…

Greg Klassen of Twenty31 Consulting says we are in Phase One of a three-phase process. We don’t know when Phase One: Peak COVID-19 will end. We will soon have to rethink what our tourism industry will look like in Phase…

Madone Pelan is the new general manager of the Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Oak Bay, B.C. Pelan brings more than 25 years of experience to her new role. She originally joined the Oak Bay Beach Hotel in 2015 as its sales and…