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Washington Hotel Industry Has Cut Nearly One Quarter of Jobs Due to Pandemic
Nationally, more than 1.9 million hotel-related jobs have been lost due to the pandemic
A report from the American Hotel and Lodging Association found that more than 23% of hotel-related jobs in Washington state have been lost since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The report found that 44,021 of the 190,566 hotel-related jobs in Washington have been lost due to the pandemic. Nationally, more than 1.9 million hotel-related…
Business Closures in Seattle and Nationwide Are Soaring as the Coronavirus Social-Distancing Dragnet Expands
Tech firm Homebase is sharing the companys data so everyone can monitor the whats going down
The economic devastation being caused by business closures due to the spread of the coronavirus is startling, both in the Seattle area and across the nation, based on data gathered by San Francisco-based tech company Homebase, which provides scheduling and time-tracking software tools for hourly workers to businesses nationwide. As of Tuesday, March 17, overall…