Travel and hospitality
August 12, 2020
Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood Resort in Mexico, is offering an Escape & Elope package. Image credit: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
By Dianna Dilworth
Luxury hotels are courting engaged couples whose weddings are off with offers of small group weddings or elopement packages to help increase bookings as the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the hospitality business.
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