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The travel industry bet billions that the 2026 World Cup would bring throngs of international travellers to North America. Instead, it got lower hotel occupancy, price spikes, and fewer travelers. It’s a warning the United States shouldn’t ignore twice.
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For eight years, the promise was that the 2026 World Cup would be a massive windfall. A once-in-a-generation surge of international visitors, billions in fresh spending, hotels at record occupancy, and a hiring boom across every host city. The travel industry believed it, prepared and priced for it.
But what arrived was narrower and far more nuanced. Hotels made money, but not the way the industry expected. International arrivals actually came in not only below forecast but even below the year before. And an industry hiring boom shows up nowhere in the payroll data.
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