Staying in a hotel
It’s unlikely that hotels will require guests to be vaccinated, said Professor David Sherwyn of Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration.
“With the vaccine being slowly rolled out, requiring it for guests simply (is) not practical,” said Sherwyn.
Sherwyn doesn’t envision any major hotel brand taking this stance, but “it could be a boutique sales pitch” for hotels seeking to tap into a “Covid-safe” market.
It’s also possible that hotel conferences may require entrants to be inoculated since “a large number of people are in indoor spaces, sharing meals and networking,” said Sherwyn.
An executive at a high-end Indonesian resort said the hotel’s management is considering requiring guests to be vaccinated once the country reopens to tourists. Though she declined to be named, pending the resort’s final decision on the matter, she said the staff feels such a mandate would attract rather than turn away the hotel’s affluent target market.