A Midwest blizzard just turned your supply chain into a guessing game and your staffing plan into fiction. The GMs who survive this week are the ones who stopped waiting for normal about 48 hours ago.
Airlines are cutting capacity, TSA agents are walking off the job, and jet fuel just hit $4.62 a gallon. If you're running an airport hotel without a distressed-passenger protocol locked in by Memorial Day, you're about to learn the difference between opportunity and chaos.
A triple-threat megastorm is about to hammer the eastern US, and depending on your market, you're either about to lose a week of revenue or you're about to leave money on the table. The problem is most GMs are still treating this like a weather event instead of what it actually is... three completely different operational crises happening simultaneously.
The government DHS shutdown is stranding thousands of travelers at major airports right as spring break kicks off. If you're running an airport-adjacent hotel and you're not already adjusting your playbook, you're leaving money on the counter.
A four-week government shutdown just collided with the biggest spring break travel week of the year, and the hotels that saw this coming 48 hours ago are already winning while everyone else scrambles.
