The federal government reopened on Nov. 13 after 43 days, the longest shutdown on record. What was once unthinkable has become, if not routine, a prospect that businesses must plan for in the same way they plan for natural disasters—on a scale not just local or regional, but nationwide. AHLA estimates that the shutdown cost the U.S. economy $31 million a day in hotel-related economic activity alone, for a total of more than $1.2 billion by […]

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