Ngokuvuka kabusha kwe- Covid-19 kanye nemikhawulo evuselelwe yokuvakasha eyabekwa ezifundazweni eziningi, ucwaningo olusha lwamalungu e-American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) lukhombisa ukuthi imboni yehhotela izoqhubeka nokubhekana nokudilizwa nokulahleka kwemisebenzi okukhulu ngaphandle kokukhululeka okwengeziwe kwiCongress.

Abanini bamahhotela abayisikhombisa kwabayishumi (71%) bathe ngeke baphinde bakwenze ezinye izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphandle kosizo oluvela kuhulumeni uma kunikezwa isidingo sokuhamba samanje nesibekiwe, kanti amahhotela angama-77% abika ukuthi azophoqeleka ukudiliza abasebenzi abaningi. Ngaphandle kosizo lukahulumeni oluthe xaxa (isb. Imali mboleko yesibili ye-PPP, ukunwetshwa kohlelo lweMain Street Lending Programme), cishe uhhafu (47%) wabaphenduli bakhombisile ukuthi bazophoqeleka ukuvala amahhotela. Amahhotela angaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu azobhekana nokuqothuka noma aphoqeleke ukuthi athengise ekupheleni kuka-2020.

UChip Rogers, umongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-AHLA, unxuse iCongress ukuthi ihambe ngokushesha ngesikhathi sesigaxa sedada ukuze kudluliswe ezinye izindlela zokusiza.

“Njalo ngehora iCongress ayilingisi amahhotela alahlekelwa yimisebenzi engama-400. Njengoba izimboni ezibhujisiwe ezinjengezethu zilinde ngabomvu ukuthi iCongress ihlangane ukuze idlulise omunye umzuliswano womthetho wokusiza we-COVID-19, amahhotela aqhubeka nokubhekana nokuqothuka okukhulu. Ngaphandle kwesenzo seCongress, uhhafu wamahhotela aseMelika angavala ngokudilizwa okukhulu emsebenzini ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, ”kusho uRogers.

“Njengoba kwehle kakhulu isidingo sokuhamba futhi abayisikhombisa kwabangu-10 baseMelika abalindelekile ukuthi bahambe ngamaholidi, amahhotela azobhekana nobusika obunzima. Sidinga iCongress ukuthi ibeke phambili izimboni nabasebenzi abathinteke kakhulu kule nkinga. Umthethosivivinywa wokusiza ungasiza kakhulu embonini yethu ukusisiza sigcine futhi siqashe kabusha abantu abalawula imboni yethu, imiphakathi yethu kanye nomnotho wethu. ”

I-AHLA yenze ucwaningo lwabanikazi bezimboni zamahhotela, opharetha, kanye nabasebenzi kusukela ngoNovemba 10-13, 2020, nabaphenduli abangaphezu kwe-1,200. Imiphumela ebalulekile ibandakanya okulandelayo:

Ngaphezulu kuka-2/3 wamahhotela (71%) abika ukuthi bazokwazi kuphela ukuhlala izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphezulu kwemali engenayo ebekiwe kanye namazinga okuhlala angekho kunoma yikuphi ukukhululeka, kanti ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu (34%) ithi bangahlala kuphela phakathi inyanga eyodwa kuya kwezintathu
Ama-63% amahhotela anezisebenzi ezingaphansi kwesigamu zabasebenzi abajwayelekile, abasebenza ngaphambi kwenhlekelele abasebenza ngokugcwele
Ama-82% wabanikazi bamahhotela athi ahlulekile ukuthola okunye ukukhululwa kwesikweletu, njengokubekezela, kubabolekisi babo ngaphezu konyaka ophelile.
Abangama-59% abanikazi bamahhotela bathe basengozini yokuqolwa impahla ngababolekisi babo bezindawo zokuhweba ngenxa ye-COVID-19, ukwanda ngo-10% kusukela ngoSepthemba
Ama-52% abaphendulile athi amahhotela abo azovalwa ngaphandle kosizo olwengeziwe
Ama-98% wabanikazi bamahhotela bazofaka izicelo futhi basebenzise imali mboleko yesibili ye-Paycheck Protection Programme

Imboni yamahhotela ibe ngeyokuqala ukuthinteka kulo bhubhane futhi izoba ngomunye wabokugcina ukululama. Amahhotela asazabalaza ukugcina iminyango yawo ivulekile futhi angakwazi ukuqasha kabusha bonke abasebenzi bawo ngenxa yokwehla okungokomlando kwezidingo zokuhamba. Ngokusho kwe-STR, ezweni lonke kuhlala abantu abangu-44.2% ngesonto eliphela ngoNovemba 7, uma kuqhathaniswa no-68.2% ngesonto elifanayo nyakenye. Ukuhlala ezimakethe zasemadolobheni kungama-34.6% nje, kwehle kusuka ku-79.6% ngonyaka owodwa odlule.