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Fri Apr 3, 2020, 05:38 PM Apr 2020

Mass Layoffs Overtake Tennessee's Once-Booming Hospitality Industry

Nashville’s once-booming hospitality industry is one of the hardest hit in Tennessee, as more residents are staying at home.

The industry is down more than 60% in customers and revenue since February, according to HospitalityTN, a local trade association.

Chuck Abbott, president of Gray Line Tennessee, says the bus tour agency was stripped to the bare minimum after letting go more than 100 employees in March.

“We do some public transit. We’re running some shuttles for health care and employee shuttles for distribution companies,” says Abbott. “But we’re down to like eight staff, a couple mechanics and whatever drivers running the work that we still have.”

Read more: https://wpln.org/post/mass-layoffs-overtake-tennessees-once-booming-hospitality-industry/

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