Booking.com Exec Talks Changing Hospitality Industry

Sam Cochran, Features Director at Architectural Digest, joins Cheddar to discus how restaurants and hotels will adapt in order to survive post-coronavirus.

John Houghtaling, founder of Business Interruption Group joins Cheddar to discuss the Times Square blackout staged by his company and several other organizations to call for more support for restaurants, hospitality businesses and nonprofits during the crisis.

The Florida Keys is open for tourism beginning June 1. The Isla Bella Beach Resort, which has been closed since March 22, is reopening at 50 percent capacity. The resort, located about two hours from Miami, is also introducing a “Safeguarding Our Guests” program, implementing precautionary hygiene protocols directed by several agencies, including the WHO and the CDC. Justin Nels, managing director of Isla Bella Beach Resort and a Monroe County reopening task force member, discusses what safety measures his resort is taking and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the popular vacation destination.