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More Hotels Competing on Cleanliness
As the United States eases coronavirus restrictions and reopens for business, big hotel companies are competing on cleanliness.
At the end of May, hotel stays in the U.S. were down 43 percent compared to May of 2019, reported market research business STR.
As more people travel, hotels consider increased cleanliness measures in an effort to make visits more appealing to the public. The companies also see a chance to get back business from competitors, such as the home-sharing company Airbnb.
Larry Yu is a professor at George Washington University's School of Business in Washington, D.C. He said some hotels are stricter about cleanliness than others. But stronger measures for cleaning operations are happening everywhere.
"Everybody is doing it, because it is now expected by consumers," he said.
David Whitesock recently moved from Colorado to New York. He stayed in hotels in Iowa and Ohio along the way. "I felt like it was a safe place to be, that they had done the best that they possibly could given the circumstances," he said. "A lot of it comes down to: do you trust the hotels and the people who you are going to come into contact with there?"
Albert Ko says visiting hotels is still risky even if they have established more protective measures. Ko is a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Yale University's School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut. Hotels can bring together people from states and countries where disease rates are higher, for example, and many people may not show signs of infection.
"That's the kind of thing that we're worried about in terms of public health," he said. "These settings can be the cause of outbreaks."
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky thinks guests will prefer separate homes to hotels filled with people. Airbnb will continue to expand and improve its cleaning measures, he said.
"Health and cleanliness are going to be one of our biggest focuses," Chesky said.
But Yu said hotel companies can make sure their sites are meeting cleanliness requirements through their normal auditing process. That could be more difficult for Airbnb. Yu noted that the company has rules on cleanliness in place, but might have more trouble than hotels in making individual Airbnb operators obey those rules.
I'm John Russell.
重点解析
1.restrictions 限制
The relaxation of travel restrictions means they are free to travel and work.
旅游限制的放松意味着他们可以自由地出行和工作。
2.individual 个人的
A child's awareness of being an individual grows in stages during the pre-school years.
孩子的个体意识在入学前的几年中逐渐增强。
3.obey 遵守
We must obey orders.
我们必须服从命令。
4.outbreak 爆发
In Peru, a cholera outbreak continues to spread.
霍乱在秘鲁各地相继爆发。
5."That's the kind of thing that we're worried about in terms of public health," he said.
in terms of 依据；按照
They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.
他们发现，就收入和事业成功来讲，多高都有可能的。
There is a convergence between capitalist firms and co-operatives in terms of business strategy.
资本主义公司和合作企业在经营战略方面趋于一致。
6.As more people travel, hotels consider increased cleanliness measures in an effort to make visits more appealing to the public.
in an effort to 为了
Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
为防止霍乱爆发正在进行大规模掩埋。
He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.
他弃家出走，是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动。
参考译文
酒店打“清洁战”吸引顾客入住
随着美国放松新冠病毒限制措施并恢复商业活动，大型酒店企业在清洁方面展开了竞争。
据市场研究公司STR报告称，5月末美国的酒店入住率较去年同期下降了43%。
随着越来越多的人出行，酒店开始考虑增加清洁措施，以便吸引更多游客。这些公司还看到了从竞争对手手中夺回业务的机会，例如Airbnb这类共享住宿公司。
拉里·于（Larry Yu）是华盛顿特区乔治华盛顿大学商学院的教授。他表示，某些酒店在清洁力度方面较其它酒店更加严格。不过，现在（各机构）都加强了清洁力度。
他说：“大家都在这样做，因为此举符合消费者的期望。”
戴维·怀特索克（David Whitesock）最近从科罗拉多州搬到了纽约州。他一路都住在爱荷华州和俄亥俄州的酒店。他表示，“我觉得酒店很安全，鉴于当前形势，他们已经尽了最大努力。”“问题在于：你是否信任酒店以及在酒店要接触到的人群。”
阿尔伯特·柯（Albert Ko）表示，即使酒店推出了更多保护性措施，入住依然有风险。柯是康涅狄格州纽黑文市耶鲁大学公共卫生学院流行病学和医学教授。例如，酒店会成为来自疾病高发州和国家的人们的聚集地，而且很多人可能没有表现出感染迹象。
他说：“就公共卫生角度来说，这正是我们担心的事情。这种环境可能成为疫情爆发的原因。”
Airbnb公司首席执行官布莱恩·切斯基（Brian Chesky）认为，与人满为患的酒店相比，顾客更倾向入住单独的房屋。他表示，Airbnb公司将继续增加并改善其清洁措施。
切斯基表示：“健康和清洁将成为我们最关注的重点之一。”
但是拉里·于表示，酒店企业可以通过常规的审核程序确保其营业场所达到清洁度标准。而对于Airbnb来说，实现这一点可能更加困难。于指出，该公司制定了清洁规定，但是要让个体的Airbnb运营者遵守这些规定，可能比酒店要麻烦得多。
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