'Save next summer': Hospitality sector pleads for self-isolation removal

'Save next summer': Hospitality sector pleads for self-isolation removal
Dropping self-isolation will allow the local accommodation sector to 'salvage something of summer'. (Image: Marriott)
Brent Melville
International travel is closing in on pre-pandemic levels, judging by the financial performance of the world’s largest hotel group.Marriott International, which has 7,600 properties across 30 hotel brands in 139 countries, last week reported a net income of US$468 million (NZ$696m) for the December 2021 quarter. That’s a turnaround from a loss of US$164m for the comparable 2020 result.Occupancy for the quarter was at 58% with revenue per available room (Revpar) up 40% from the beginning of the year. The group’s global average...

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