The upshot for the Omni is that a planned July 1 opening has to be delayed a month because it will take at least five weeks to manufacture the custom glass panels, and several more days to install them, Stuckey said. It’s an authentic hotel in a historic building on Louisville’s Whiskey Row. They frequent restaurants all over town and visit museums and other attractions, so bring them on, Yates said.The aftermath of looting in downtown Louisville, Ky. during a protest of Breonna Taylor's shooting. It’s a space with intriguing juxtapositions where you’ll pass through a historic façade to … Traffic there and at Aloft, on West Main Street, which also remained open, Banas said, has started to pick up some. Among the conventions that were set for this summer, some organizers have been on the phone with the Omni team trying to figure out whether they might scale back their plans instead of canceling altogether.One driver: Sponsors, suppliers and other companies that support conventions and trade shows have been hammered by the pandemic, Stuckey said he's been told, so that's slashed budgets and forced conventions to plan for half of the attendees they'd normally host.A convention for 500 people might draw 250 later this summer, he said, but that's better than none at all.
Dozens of small shops, restaurants and the CVS pharmacy on Fourth Street at Muhammad Ali also were hit hard.
Inspired experiences. A data service that tracks hotel occupancy rates showed that during a recent 28-day stretch, bigger downtown operations, including the Brown, Hilton, Hyatt and Galt House, had averaged around 4%, he said.That's compared with rates of more than 60% during a normal late spring and early summer.
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Hotel direction: 95.5 miles SW. Another large hotelier, White Lodging, also will keep two smaller downtown properties — Hotel Distil and Hotel Moxy — closed and let demand for rooms dictate the pace for reboots. May 30, 2020
The Street Rod Nationals confirmed their convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center at the Fairgrounds will be held Aug. 6-9.Since it's ranked as one of the area's top 10 events for economic impact, that's a big lift, Yates said.Street rod fans often drive in and like to find hotels with surface parking to keep an eye on their rides.
A bit of upbeat news surfaced this week, and hotels in the outlying areas are likely to benefit most.
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Mostly, tourism folks classify those who come to town as leisure travelers rather than conventioneers. It’s an authentic hotel in a historic location on Louisville’s Whiskey Row. Two of the city's biggest downtown hotels — the Omni and Marriott — confirmed this week they won't open until midsummer or later.Another large hotelier, White Lodging, also will keep two smaller downtown properties — Hotel Distil and Hotel Moxy — closed and let demand for rooms dictate the pace for reboots.The operators of 21c Museum Hotel on Main Street have set July 1 to open the doors, along with the upscale restaurant Proof on Main, which will start by serving only dinners for a time.Hotel operators seemed resigned to more struggles through a summer in which concerts, weddings, conventions, family reunions and company meetings have been erased from the 2020 calendar or pushed into the fall.Meanwhile, the phased reopening of the economy still isn't bringing back leisure visitors who tend to reserve lodging about a week or two before a trip, said Scott Stuckey, the Omni's general manager.
The recently opened Hotel Distil and Moxy are taking similar measures, temporarily suspending operations while its food and beverage operations are forced to shut down.
At the Omni, about 28 large custom plate-glass windows were broken, and big dings in another 15 or so led to five-figure repair bills, Stuckey said.All of White Lodging's properties received some damage, as well, spokesman Mike Banas said in an email. Hotel Distil is for those who thirst for new experiences.
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