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Despite the current restrictions, Skistar staff in Åre hosted a party with 40 participants in staff accommodation at the Åre facility over the weekend.
– I’m sorry and I’m disappointed with this. We have clear rules about what applies to our staff’s housing and affected employees are sorry and understand the seriousness, Skistar CEO Stefan Sjöstrand tells Aftonbladet.
The Skistar facility in Åre opens on December 18 and a total of 350 seasonal workers work there. None of the staff members who attended the party have been fired, but if the party continues, they can ditch their staff accommodation, according to Stefan Sjöstrand.
– We found out about this on Sunday morning and later that day we called those who live here and went back to check the rules. They have received a warning, which is what happens if you abuse trust. If you break these rules, you may be forced to move into your own home on your own, he says.
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Skistar CEO Stefan Sjöstrand is disappointed.
Special measures to prevent the spread of infections.
Before the start of the season, Skistar, according to Stefan Sjöstrand, has taken several steps to prevent the spread of infection between guests and facility staff. Among other things, you can download your ski pass to the phone and collect the keys to the cabins in the service boxes to avoid queues.
– We also have guards in the heating cabins to avoid congestion, he says.
Does not affect the premiere
According to Stefan Sjöstrand, the staff party does not affect the season premiere in Åre on December 18, and it is still too early to say how the ski season will be affected by the overall crown pandemic.
– We do not yet know how the number of guests will be affected. But we have seen a reduction in the number of guest bookings between the various Nordic countries due to border closures, says Stefan Sjöstrand.
Critical infection control physician
Annika Ersson is an assistant physician for infection control in the Jämtland-Härjedalen region and is critical of staff parties.
– I take the incident very seriously. A prerequisite for the mountain world to remain open to tourism is that such festivals do not occur. I hope that even those involved now realize the seriousness and take their responsibility by not bringing together more such parties. A wide spread of the infection among staff would be devastating in this situation, he tells Expressen.
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