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![Empty beds have been the norm in Swiss hotels in recent months. The number of overnight stays decreased by up to 92 percent during the Corona crisis.]()
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Empty beds have been the norm in Swiss hotels in recent months. The number of overnight stays decreased by up to 92 percent during the Corona crisis.
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![So many companies are still facing the end - despite short-time work and millions in loans from the federal government.]()
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So many companies are still facing the end – despite short-time work and millions in loans from the federal government.
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![That is why the Association Hotelleriesuisse around President Andreas Züllig (61) is now demanding debt relief for Corona loans.]()
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That is why the Association Hotelleriesuisse around President Andreas Züllig (61) is now demanding debt relief for Corona loans.
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![This could lead to mass layoffs in the industry soon. 70 percent of the companies have announced savings in personnel costs.]()
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This could lead to mass layoffs in the industry soon. 70 percent of the companies have announced savings in personnel costs.
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With millions of credits and short-time work, the federal government saved the hotel industry from its demise at the beginning of the corona crisis. Back then, Hotelleriesuisse President Andreas Züllig (61) said in an interview with BLICK: “The federal aid package is good – but it won’t be enough.” Three months later, there is still a yawning emptiness in Swiss hotels.
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That is why the association is now calling for debt relief on the Covid 19 loans. Instead, companies should use the money for investments and remain competitive. Hotelleriesuisse wrote this in a message from Monday morning.
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Are there mass layoffs?
Hotels “that were marketable before the crisis and had a healthy business model” should be spared the repayment of the loans, “says the association’s position paper. Hotelleriesuisse does not disclose the criteria according to which these hotels would be determined. In addition, the hotel industry is to be helped with tax breaks.
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The association demands that the short-time work allowance be extended until the end of 2020. At the same time, over 70 percent of companies would have to “reduce their total wages this year.” That means nothing more than that a wave of layoffs will start in the hotel industry.
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When asked by BLICK, Nicole Brändle from Hotelleriesuisse says that hotels are trying to prevent further job cuts by reducing workloads and expiring seasonal contracts. Nevertheless, every fourth company surveyed by the association had to lay off staff. And at 13.3 percent, the unemployment rate in the hotel industry is almost three times higher than last year.
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City hotels suffer particularly
Even though the worst is over, hotels are still facing difficult times. In May, occupancy of hotel beds rose to 15 percent from around ten percent during the lockdown. Nevertheless, the occupancy forecasts for the summer months are markedly lower than in 2019. For the whole year, the association expects overnight stays to decrease by 30 percent – this corresponds to a loss of value added of CHF 900 million.
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The city hotel industry is hardest hit by the Corona crisis. She expects three times fewer guests for the summer than in the previous year. Because in addition to overseas tourists from China or the USA, business travelers are also eliminated. Hotels in the mountains are less affected. Thanks to local tourists, they can compensate for part of the drop in sales.
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