Hotels saw their occupancy levels jump over the holiday weekend with passengers stuck in...
Southwester Airlines flight cancellations are impacting nearby hotels and businesses as passengers deal with arranging alternate transportation or waiting for their next flight. File photo from November 2021 shows a Southwest airplane flying into the Hobby Airport.sent passengers scrambling to hotels nearby the Hobby Airport, a major Southwest Airline hub in Houston.
“I’ve had people drive to Waco or New Mexico; they’re getting rental cars and leaving but even then, there’s a wait time because there aren’t many rental places with availability,” Moreno said. “We were actually hoping it would be very slow since it was a holiday, but the whole weather situation happened and from there it got busy,” Moreno said.Other hotels were planning for a slow weekend too. Miya Ball, front officer manager at Hilton Garden Inn Houston Hobby Airport, said the 136-room hotel had expected to achieve about 30 percent occupancy over the weekend. Instead, its occupancy climbed to 90 percent Monday night as disheveled passengers and flight attendants filled the hotel.
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