The Irish Hotels Federation is calling on the government to set a clear date for when hotels can fully reopen.
90% of them are shut because they’re only allowed to accommodate essential workers.
The federation says various measures are needed to enable hotels to reopen, including waiving VAT and commercial rates.
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President Elaina Fitzgerald-Kane says thousands of jobs are in jeopardy.
“We’d like more clarity around the re-opening dates, we’d like more clarity around the measures that are going to be in place to support that re-opening, because at the end of the day, 260,000 people were employed in tourism – it was one in ten jobs.
“We deserve clarity around that, it’s a time of great anxiety.”
