Past 2 years’ changes expected to mark hotels of future

Experts say a number of lodging industry adaptations to pandemic safety challenges will stay on indefinitely, including working from hotels, combining business and vacationing (“bleisure”) and flocking to posh destinations for special experiences. “The pandemic has taught us to better appreciate the small things, which will lead people to seek out ways to get to know and experience the cities to which they are traveling,” TMC Hospitality CEO Philip Bates says.