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Gastronomy and tourism are greatly affected by the situation in the crown. In a debate post, Petter Stordalen warns of “mass deaths between companies” in 2021.
FIGHT: Petter Stordalen hotels have been hit hard by the crown situation.
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The post from the king of hotels with the title “Our industry is about to collapse in crisis”, comes in Swedish Aftonbladet.
There, Stordalen argues that the restaurant and tourism industry should receive “a state patch that stops acute bleeding”, when the authorities implement their measures to limit the wave of contagion.
Sweden, Norway and the rest of Europe are now in the middle of a second wave of infections with restrictions that will curb the virus, which among other things hits Stordalen hotels hard.
“If nothing happens, 2021 will be the year of mass deaths among businesses and massive unemployment among young people. The debt must be paid with money that does not exist,” writes Stordalen.
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“The catering and tourism industry must be given long-term rules of the game that it can abide by, and compensation that fully compensates the industry for the loss of revenue that the restrictions and general advice lead to.”
“Compensation that must be coordinated in terms of time with the moment the restrictions are introduced and without long lead times,” continues Stordalen.
The Stordalen hotel chain, Nordic Choice, and other players are struggling in a tough market. Corona’s measures, which have now been toughened, have meant that tourists and conference guests are absent.
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Stordalen points out in the post that the consequence of the pandemic is the interruption of travel and conference activity at the same time that restaurants are empty. Therefore, income fails.
Stordalen cautions that the pain may get worse next year.
Then you have to pay the debt. You have to adjust the rent that companies have had to postpone and the supplier invoices that many have been forced to save. The hope that autumn will mean a reduction in restrictions, and therefore in income opportunities, has been brutally crushed in recent weeks, ”he writes.
