Vacation travel is back, but what will it look like?
A young visitor to The Peabody in 2019 gasps with excitement as The Peabody ducks swim in the grand lobby fountain. AAA projects that more than 37 million people will travel 50 miles or more between Thursday, May 27, and Monday, May 31, a 60% increase from last year. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
After months of being cooped up at home, people are traveling again. That may pose some new challenges in the hospitality industry, though.
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.
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