Hotel owner spent three decades building a small family empire of hotels along Louisiana's highways and byways, but the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to tear the whole thing down.
From behind his desk in the LaPlace headquarters of Q Hotel Management, his family-owned hotel development and management firm, hotel owner has been fighting to keep the businesses running while scrambling through a thicket of government programs. The 11 budget hotels he owns or operates in Louisiana and neighboring states have seen guest counts tumble and revenue plummet by nearly 90% since the coronavirus virtually halted travel across the U.S
