COVID-19: B.C.’s hotel industry facing closures, mass layoffs
"The B.C. Hotel Association estimates that 40,000 hotel employees could lose their jobs.
B.C.’s hotel industry is predicting closures and layoffs in the tens of thousands because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ingrid Jarrett, president of the B.C. Hotel Association, says there are approximately 60,000 employees working in more than 700 hotels throughout the province, and estimates that two-thirds of those people will be laid off.
“So that’s about 40,000 people in the province,” she said. “And I think, truthfully, that is a conservative number.” ..."