The huge losses recorded by some key sectors of the Moroccan economy are unprecedented. The hotel industry, also impacted by this crisis, will have difficulty recovering.
The hotel group "Accor" is betting on the resumption of tourism activities in Africa after the Covid-19 crisis. In this perspective, it favors Morocco to develop a leisure tourism.
While they have agreed to live far from their families, about fifty doctors and nurses, requisitioned to care for coronavirus patients, have been dismissed without any notice from the hotel establishment where they were staying.
Faced with the impact of the health crisis related to covid-19, hotels and inns would benefit from lowering their price schedules in order to capture the money that many Moroccan tourists spend each year abroad, particularly in Spain, due to the sometimes high prices charged in Morocco.
The situation of the staff of the luxury hotel, Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resorts , is in suspense, after the divorce between its main Emirati shareholder and the company Risma, the legal representative of the French group Accor.
The Ministry of Health , in collaboration with the National Confederation of Tourism and the supervisory ministry, are studying a strategy to put in place a specifications summary of the new health measures to be respected, as part of the resumption of hotel and tourism activities.
The Regional Tourism Council (CRT) reacted to the information circulating on social networks in recent days, announcing the bankruptcy of about ten hotels in Agadir. According to the CRT, these would be false allegations spread by people who have no notion of the reality of the sector.
The luxury hotel, the Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort , would have closed down, after having released all of its staff.
Moroccan travelers will be able to get reimbursed for hotel and plane fares. A bill has been submitted to the Moroccan parliament by the government for this purpose.
After the passage of the press in a hotel that would house the homeless in Al Hoceima , they find themselves back on the streets.
Despite the suspension of their activities due to covid-19, Marrakech hoteliers have decided to demonstrate their solidarity with their employees. The latter will receive their March and April salaries despite the leave. If the situation remains the same, a solution will be found by mutual agreement for the May salary.
The luxury hotel complex, Mamounia, has been nominated this year for the Condé Nast Traveler Choice Award 2020.