Sports media and naysayers have spent the better part of the spring predicting that this summer’s FIFA World Cup across North America will be a logistical catastrophe, a tourism dud, or both.
Marriott International didn’t get the memo.
The narrative and data points to underwhelming hotel bookings in some of the host cities for World Cup matches in the U.S. The American Hotel & Lodging Association polled hoteliers across the host cities, and the findings released in a report this week showed 80% of respondents say bookings are below initial forecasts, roughly half had released room blocks following “FIFA room block overcommitment,” and most chalked that up to visa barriers and broader geopolitical concerns.
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