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Major companies are beginning to cancel conferences and travel plans within the United States due to the coronavirus, which analysts warn will have cascading impacts on the country’s hotels, airlines and convention centers.

International travel — particularly to Asia — has so far been the hardest-hit part of the industry, though analysts say that could soon change as fears of the coronavirus spread to Europe and North America. Hotels around the country have begun reporting a rise in group cancellations. Some air carriers, including Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways, are doing away with cancellation fees as jittery travelers rethink their plans.

“The cancellations are starting to move toward North America,” said Scott Solombrino, executive director of the Global Business Travel Association, which estimates that the slowdown in global travel has already cost American businesses $7 billion this year. “Obviously the concern is that this will have a long-term impact on the U.S. economy.”

Analysts said wide-scale cancellations — which so far have been concentrated in large cities such as New York, Washington and Los Angeles — are starting to hit smaller U.S. cities, as companies change their internal travel policies.

Mounting cancellations, analysts said, are likely to have ripple effects throughout the economy, particularly for upscale hotels that rely on group bookings for about one-third of their sales, according to Jan Freitag, senior vice president of lodging insights for STR, a hospitality research firm.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...us-fears/ar-BB10xnbr


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Not surprising.

We're supposed to go to a wine and chocolate tasting event next weekend, to be held at a big hotel/casino. There are already two cases of CV reported within 20 miles of where we are.

We may be cancelling.


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Yes, I’m supposed to be going to a big art show and sale on the 17th of March where people fly in from all over to buy art. It may end up being more of an art show, no sale!


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I’m supposed to present at a fairly large conference a week from today. Maybe it will be canceled, I’m not keen to go... suave


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We’re supposed to fly to Paris on 4/4.


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https://www.wbur.org/hereandno...conomy-larry-summers

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers On Economy and COVID-19


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I'm supposed to leave Saturday for a two-week trip.

First to Washington, where I'll be part of a delegation of three representing the university at a conference focused on lobbying for the arts and humanities. After two days of training us to do that, the three of us will spend the day in meetings with our senators and representatives (or their staffers, although I'm told that the actual legislators often participate.

Then, I'm supposed to fly to New York for some university-funded time in the archives at Columbia and Princeton, looking at Agatha Christie's correspondence and manuscripts. (And also spend time with my delightful lastborn.)

After a week of that, I'm to spend a couple of days with my sister, who has just moved to Boston. And then home.

Common sense is telling me to cancel all of this. If the Congress-visiting trip gets canceled, it'll make the decision easier, but the woman in charge of it was still firm in her plans to go yesterday. She did say that the other two of us could certainly cancel without feeling bad about the wasted plane tickets, but I don't want to overreact.

There is a real possibility that the university will ask us to switch to online teaching. If that happens before Saturday, I'll see that as an indication that I shouldn't go.

It's hard to know what to do. Urrrgggh.


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Heading to Arid-Zona on Friday ...
 
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Funny, Mary Anna, I to have a lobbying day (rare disease stuff) scheduled this month. I can drive though, so there's that.


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mr Jodi is supposed to fly to San Diego for a conference on the 13th. (That’s after a week of flying to three meetings in Houston, seattle and Dillon, Mt. We are wondering if san Diego will get cancelled. (And my Mid 80’s Dad is supposed to travel to London and Croatia in April!)


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Big housewares trade show in Chicago cancelled.

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A March trade show expected to bring 60,000 people to Chicago’s McCormick Place — as well as the city’s hotels and restaurants — has been canceled amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The International Housewares Association on Monday announced the decision to cancel the annual trade-only event, The Inspired Home Show, which was scheduled for March 14-17 and was expected to attract 2,200 exhibitors from 45 countries.

It is the first major trade show in Chicago to be canceled as reports of coronavirus cases spread around the U.S. Virus concerns also have canceled industry events in Denver and Houston, as large companies opt out of even domestic events. Kraft Heinz, for instance, decided not to exhibit at this week’s Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California, and organizers said attendance was expected to be 40% to 60% off normal levels.

Some 600 exhibitors had dropped out of The Inspired Home Show over health concerns, according to the housewares association. The show will not be rescheduled.

“For the last several weeks, we have been watching this situation very carefully, with our primary concern being the safety and well-being of the home + housewares industry,” said Derek Miller, housewares association president, in a statement. “The IHA Board of Directors made this decision after consulting with industry constituents including exhibitors and retailers. In the end, the global nature of our event, combined with the worldwide concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak and ongoing travel restrictions make it impossible for us to hold The Inspired Home Show next week.”


https://www.chicagotribune.com...7nv5ihpjy-story.html


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There is a real possibility that the university will ask us to switch to online teaching.


The take here is that it's pretty much just a question of when, not if, we move classes online.

It's not public yet, but the word I heard from someone present "at the big meeting" is that, if there's one case either on campus, or in this county, classes will be moved online. So my take is, that's just a question of timing now.

Separate from that, I really don't want to go to my conference this Saturday. I don't want to be in the car with the other people (who I like and are my colleagues, but sorry!) and I don't want to stay at the hotel (guess I'll take lysol wipes with me?) and I don't want to be with a bunch of people from all over the US breathing on each other.

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I'd stay home ya'll and be well.


Please reconsider. There will be another time.


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Originally posted by jon-nyc:
Funny, Mary Anna, I to have a lobbying day (rare disease stuff) scheduled this month. I can drive though, so there's that.


What day? I'm there from Saturday through Tuesday. Tuesday's our lobbying day.


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