San Antonio braces for $21 million loss as fall conventions pull out

[TexasTowelie]

Tourism in San Antonio may take a little bit longer to pick itself back up again.

The Alamo City faces a loss of $21.3 million in economic impact after five conventions booked by Visit San Antonio for the fall canceled due to concerns over the COVID-19 delta variant, said Visit SA spokesperson Richard Oliver on Tuesday.

He says that amounts to 17,500 attendees that would have taken up 45,633 hotel room nights. Oliver adds this number does not account for other hotels and resorts like JW Marriott and Hyatt Hill Country Resort also book meetings and conventions.

Oliver says he can't reveal which events canceled due to Visit SA policies.

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Oliver says that among the conventions that canceled, none of them cited recent Texas laws like the abortion ban or the voting bill as their reasons.

Read more: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/culture/article/Texas-city-braces-for-21-million-loss-conventions-16470008.php

[Aristus]

1. Small price to pay for owning the libs and our mask mandates.

They may count among their ‘freedoms’ the freedom from the heavy burden of financial prosperity…

[OneBro]

2. Covid may be a cover for the abortion issue. If so, smart move.

I suspect the contract terms arguably allow for canceling due to covid related health and safety concerns, but canceling due to the abortion issue would surely lead to litigation.