Fewer guests at hotels in Serbia and the region due to coronavirus

Due to coronavirus, hotels in Serbia and the region are recording a lower number of guests and a drop in income, it was said at the panel on the development of hotel industry in the Balkans, held within the Kopaonik Business Forum.

According to the general manager of Hotel Holiday Inn in Belgrade, Slavica Bogosavljevic, at the moment, each hotel in the Serbian capital is experiencing a drop in the number of guests due to coronavirus.

– The situation is serious. Most of us didn't think it would be so bad. January and February are an out-of-season part of the year for Belgrade, but once news broke out about the epidemic in Italy, everything went downhill even faster – Bogosavljevic said and added that many guests had canceled their reservations.

She said that they were taking preventive measures in order to compensate for the lack of guests and that conferences, events and workshops were being organized.

The general manager of Hotel InterContinental in Ljubljana, Milos Cerovic, says that the hotel is facing a drop in the number of guests due to coronavirus, but points out that, as always in times of crisis, it's important not to panic.

– We are taking precautionary measures, entailing disinfection and maintaining a high level of hygiene so that the tourists would feel comfortable and so as to prevent infection among the employees and the guests – he said.

The general manager of Hotel InterContinental in Sofia, Angelo Zuccala, also talked at the panel. He said that the operations in February had been very good and that there had been plenty of guests from Italy, but that everything changed that month.

Kopaonik Business Forum

Slavica Bogosavljević

Miloš Cerović

Angelo Zuccala

Ljubljana

Sofia

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