Omicron raises tourism hopes after UN estimates pandemic will cost industry $1.6 trillion this year

For the Le Meurice hotel in Paris, as well as others that the Dorchester Collection oversees in Rome, London and Los Angeles, omicron is yet to see holiday bookings beyond a “slight” increase in cancellations. . “So far, despite news of the new variant, the end of the year looks positive for us,” the hotel operator said in an email. “2021 is definitely a better year than 2020 and will remain so.”