South Africa's hotels are trying to recover from two years of lockdown restrictions that emptied rooms and say lower municipal rates will help the sector get back on its feet.
South Africa's hotels are slowly filling up after two years of lockdown but have a long way to go before matching pre-pandemic occupancy levels.
Reducing these rates or creating a new category for the sector could help businesses survive and stave off further job losses, says the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa.South Africa's hotels are trying to recover from two years of lockdown restrictions that emptied rooms and say lower municipal rates will help the sector get back on its feet.
"South Africa's hotel sector is never going to recover and create the jobs the country so desperately needs if municipalities continue to lump them in the same category as commercial property and heavy industry, subjecting hotels to rates and utilities costs that are triple those paid by residential properties," said Marc Wachsberger,"That's why municipalities need to add a new category for hotels to their property classifications, charging rates and utilities fees that...
The call for municipalities to reduce rates for hotels has been echoed by the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa .
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