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Va. hotels expect 28% drop in 2022 biz travel revenue
National revenues expected to be 23% below pre-pandemic levels
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Virginia hotel revenue from business travel this year is projected to be down 28.3% from pre-pandemic levels, or about $674 million less than the $2.39 billion the lodging industry took
39% of metro D.C. workers are back in the office
Average in 10 cities is 43%, up 15 points since January
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During the week of April 6, offices around the country had the highest number of workers back at their desks since March 2020, according to Falls Church-based Kastle Systems, which
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Code red
Hospitals face major staffing shortages
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Although many business sectors focused on moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic once vaccines became broadly available in 2021, Virginia’s health care industry has remained heavily burdened by continuing caseload
Kicking the can
Va. companies delay decisions about office space
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In April 2020, Savan Group LLC, a federal contractor specializing in digital transformation, information technology and management consulting, gave up its 10,500-square-foot office space in Tysons. Like many other companies,
Va. economic growth will slow in 2022, ODU economists predict
Dragas Center's 2022 Annual Economic Forecast predicts slower GDP, job growth
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Virginia’s economy is likely to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2022 than it did last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to make future predictions murky, according to
Parsons lands $100M COVID testing contract
Centreville-based contractor will deliver tests to DHS, ICE facilities
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Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. has been awarded a task order to provide COVID-19 tests to Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the United States,
VDH funds $5 million for new COVID-19 testing centers
50k tests expected this month
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As COVID infection rates reach record numbers from the omicron variant, the Virginia Department of Health will open nine new COVID-19 community testing centers across the state to increase testing
A dramatic shift
Gov. Ralph Northam’s tenure was progressive, eventful
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Four years ago, no one would have guessed Gov. Ralph Northam would lead the most progressive Virginia administration in modern memory. A native of Onancock on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, as
Consumer Technology Association: “CES will and must go on”
Amid rising COVID rates, big companies are exiting Arlington group's annual tech show
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The Arlington-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is moving forward with its CES consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas in January, despite cancelations from big exhibitors and the surge of
Trucking on: How truckers are battling historic labor shortage
American Trucking Association estimates 80k worker shortage by end of 2021
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RICHMOND — From hand sanitizer and vaccines to groceries and toilet paper, truck drivers are trucking through the COVID-19 pandemic despite a historic labor shortage. Many industries moved workers home