Hotels in Florida do not intend to close

Hotel owners in Florida on Thursday 6 May 2010 gathered an emergency conference where they tried to dispel some rumors related to the explosion of oil derrick in the Gulf of Mexico.

Florida hoteliers are concerned about the fact that in some American media was voiced information that the beaches on the north-west of the state were closed due to oil pollution. As a result of these reports, many hotels of Florida customers refused from previously booked rooms.

According to representatives of hotel business in Florida, to date, no one beach in Florida is closed, and all hotels are operating normally. However, as becomes clear from the slip made by the representatives of the hotel industry at a press conference, hotels will run regularly only until the time the stain reaches the coast.

In turn, representatives of official authorities of the State said at the press conference that they are certainly concerned about the upcoming stain and economic consequences for the region. However, "the current north-west of Florida is still open for business."

Attending the press conference representative of Innisfree Hotels, which owns several hotels on the Gulf coast, hastened to inform reporters that, given the wave of refusals from booking hotels, chain’s hotels have not yet met the boom of refusal from previously booked rooms. Sales of rooms in hotels of Florida according to the representative of Innisfree Hotels Julian McQueen remained at the level of May 2009.

At the same time, a number of companies that operate in the market of tourist rental noted a significant decrease in orders. Among the first about their losses announced company of ResortQuest, which rents the houses on the coast of Florida. Refusal from the previous orders the company received immediately after the announcement of the first closure of fishing grounds in Louisiana and Mississippi.

One way or another, the statements of Florida hoteliers are more like a feast during the plague. According to the world news agencies, oil spill, which drifts to the shores of the United States, will reach the coast of Florida within 2-3 days.