{"id":6183,"date":"2020-03-30T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2020-03-30T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:02:35","slug":"covid-19-outbreak-forces-hotel-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/covid-19-outbreak-forces-hotel-breaks","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 OUTBREAK FORCES HOTEL BREAKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> THE global spread of COVID- 19 is understandably causing a huge socio-economic burden with its impact apparently hitting hard hoteliers in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly Coronavirus is now forcing popular hotel establishments in the country to close shop, albeit temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Sea Cliff Court, a four-star facility announced yesterday that it was forced to temporarily suspend its services to the general public in the wake of the deadly virus that has claimed more than 31,000 lives to date.<\/p>\n<p>The Dar es Salaam-based Sea Cliff Court said in a statement it was making a \u2018strategic decision\u2019 to close its hotel and luxury apartments as of April 1 this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with sadness that this decision has had to be made and we are aware that this will affect all our suppliers, guests and staff,\u201d read part of the statement undersigned by the hotel\u2019s Director of Operations Ms Ilona Kadri.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel\u2019s management further maintained that it will closely be monitoring the current situation, revealing that it will re-open once travel bans come to an end Last week, the country\u2019s national carrier, ATCL, temporarily suspended all regional flights due to increased entry restrictions and lockdown by countries which entailed at preventing mass transmission of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Serena Hotels which runs Safari Lodges, Camps and Resorts in both Tanzania and Kenya, also announced its temporary closure until June 15 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The hospitality company which operates up-scale hotels and resorts in East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia said it had never, in its 40-year history, seen such effects on the lucrative hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been following the COVID-19 situation very closely and its emerging impact on our business model and portfolio in Africa\u2026 it is indeed impossible today to calculate the human and financial impact the deadly virus will have on the global hospitality industry,\u201d said the company in a statement signed by Mr Mahmud Jan Mohamed, who is the Managing Director of Serena Hotels Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It added that as it continued to navigate such an unprecedented crisis and build on the company\u2019s resilience and adaptability, it therefore deemed it prudent to temporarily cease the operations of its popular lodges and camps, in Tanzania and Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The portfolios that will be closed in the wake of COVID- 19 include Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge and the Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge. Others are Kirawira Serena Camp and Mbuzi Mawe Serena Camp all of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, 95 per cent of the hotels in Zanzibar have temporarily closed shop as the world grapples with Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking here last week, Chief Executive Officer of Hotels Association of Tanzania (HAT) Ms Nura-Lisa Karamagi revealed that some facilities were retrenching staff while others reducing salaries due to the unprecedented slowdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no visitors in the near future,\u201d she hinted. The Coronavirus, which started in China, has in recent days made its way across the continent, largely spread by passengers travelling across borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE global spread of COVID- 19 is understandably causing a huge socio-economic burden with its impact apparently hitting hard hoteliers in the country. 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