“On the positive, with the borders reopening, in November, we have seen an uptick in business.
“What has happened with COVID-19, as we all know, travel was decimated and still nowhere near has returned to pre-pandemic levels, so our hotel communities, especially in West Chester, are really struggling on their Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday business,” Hecquet said. For the first half of this year they collected $561,557. The five-year high was in 2019, with $1.736 million, but it dropped to $802,304 last year. Over the past five years they have culled $6.36 million in lodgings tax revenues. The BCVB relies on hotel taxes to do its job of helping bring tourist events and opportunities to the county. Annual collections dropped from about $1.2 million to $627,867 last year but have bumped back up this year-to-date to $859,848. During the pandemic shutdown, when travel was severely curtailed, it made a big dent in revenues. Over the past five years the township has culled nearly $5.2 million to help pay for services to residents and businesses. The township and other jurisdictions have split a 6 percent hotel tax with the visitors bureau. 222 Middletown 25 Monroe 87 and Oxford 407 rooms that are already here or coming soon, for a total of 1,753. “Because all the brands are here, the convenience of the highway, you’ve got the restaurants and the shopping, it’s the next logical location.”Īccording to the BCVB, there are only two hotels with 168 rooms in Hamilton now - 235 rooms are planned as part of the Spooky Nook complex - and in the balance of the county outside West Chester the options are: Fairfield 609 Liberty Twp. And the next best location is West Chester,” Mark Hecquet, president and CEO of the Butler County Visitors Bureau, said. “When you talk about bringing in 400 teams for a weekend, there’s no way Hamilton can accommodate all of these.
Officials said township residents and businesses will reap the benefits. The new hotel is nearly 20 miles from where the giant Spooky Nook sports and convention complex is expected to open next year in Hamilton. WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A new five-story Home 2 Suites hotel by Hilton is planned for Schulze Drive in West Chester Township, bringing 112 new hotel rooms to Butler County.
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