The idea is proving so popular that the Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond, B.C., sold out of its day-use rooms on Friday and Sunday. The Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond offers a pool, fitness centre, and sound-proof rooms for day-use guests. (hotelsbyday.com)Yannis Moati is the CEO of HotelsByDay.com, a third-party website with 1,500 hotels worldwide that offer day-use stays. "We've increased our number of hotels by 400 per cent just in the last three months of this pandemic," Moati said. Bookings in Canada are growing faster than in the U.S., he said, with Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Ottawa among the top 10 cities in North America booking day-use rooms.

Source: CBC News October 25, 2020 20:41 UTC