@article {51,
	title = {How to Design Hospital-Ready Hotels},
	year = {2020},
	note = {Randy Guillot
Randy is a principal who serves as a global Health \& Wellness leader at Gensler with a portfolio of work spanning across five continents. Projects under his design leadership are celebrated for their critical design success and enhanced access to healthy, dignified, optimistic, and engaging environments for all. Randy is based in Chicago. Contact him at randy_guillot@gensler.com.

Steven R. Upchurch
Steven is a principal and co-managing director of Gensler Dallas and a global leader of Gensler{\textquoteright}s hospitality practice. Steven applies his knowledge of local and international markets to deliver impactful and memorable experiences to owners, developers, brands and guests. Contact him at steven_upchurch@gensler.com.},
	abstract = {From late February to early May of this year, occupancy rates in the top 25 U.S. urban hotel markets dropped from 70\% to below 30\%, according to Smith Travel Research. With so much uncertainty around the globe, it{\textquoteright}s clear the hospitality industry must reinvent itself if it is to survive in the emerging future.

In New York City, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed a system in March that allows contractors to convert nearly any hotel room, dorm room, or convention center into a makeshift hospital.},
	keywords = {COVID-19, Hotel},
	url = {https://www.gensler.com/research-insight/blog/how-to-design-hospital-ready-hotels},
	author = {Randy Guillot and Steven R. Upchurch}
}
