Cape Town’s Table Bay Hotel at the V&A Waterfront could face retrenchments due to the embargo on international travel, the hotel’s general manager told TimesLIVE.
, Naledi in the Free State and the Carousel in the North West, due partly to the impact of the lockdown.“If we don’t open our borders very soon, we will lose summer and we will just carry on till the summer of 2021, which would be catastrophic,” she said, adding that she believed the sector would ultimately rebound.
The group had also profited from several"lockdown learnings", such as the importance of guaranteeing staff safety and communicating safety protocols. The Mount Nelson Hotel, which is also heavily reliant on overseas guests, will remain closed until December and could retrench over half its 260 staff, it was reported earlier this week.
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