HOSPITALITY AND EVENTS IN TIMES OF COVID-19

Abstract

This article deals with aspects of hospitality and events. The research problem is, what is the impact of the new coronavirus on hospitality relationships and events? The research propositions are, (P1) despite being a negative aspect, COVID-19 also has an impact on the events sector; and (P2) the new coronavirus becomes a determining factor in hospitality relationships among people at events. The goal of the research is to analyze, through the documents available on the new coronavirus, the impact on hospitality relations and on the events sector. The theoretical review addresses issues such as hospitality events, and the issue of hospitality in events and times of crisis. This study presents qualitative documentary research by collecting and analyzing 16,428 news that have been displayed by portals that have a high audience in the territorial limits of Brazil, G1 and UOL. The results of this study highlight the elaboration of a table in order to categorize and classify the news about COVID-19 in Brazil. The main results of the investigation indicate that events in different countries, cities and regions suffered the impact of the transmission of this virus.