TravelStore Handled 650,000 Hotel Bookings Sheltering Frontline Workers and Released Inmates


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This high number of hotel bookings is testament to the work being doing by the State of California via its healthcare worker program, but also reveals the magnitude of the battle it faces.
California’s hotels are still playing a major role in the ongoing fight to contain the spread of the pandemic, but there’s still much more to be done. The state’s designated corporate travel agency, Travelstore, has seen no let-up in managing accommodation for workers on the frontline since Skift talked to its senior vice-president in April. As the virus began to spread across in the U.S., Travelstore’s team of 215 staff members, and another of its 100 independent consultants initially worked on safely housing medical staff and care workers.

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