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After COVID we may never think about hotels in the same way again

  • Written by Daniel Laufer, Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

In Australia, New Zealand and around the world, COVID has turned luxury and semi-luxury hotels into quarantine facilities.

Among the four and five-star hotels reported as having been used for temporary detention are Sydney’s Intercontinental, Marriott, Hyatt Regency, Sheraton Grand, Sofitel Wentworth and Novotel Darling Harbour;...

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