EGL Tours axes 120 guides as pandemic lingers
/ Posted on 25 January, 2021 17:48 Hong Kong-listed travel agency EGL Tours has laid off 120 tour guides as business activity remains dormant owing to border restrictions during the pandemic. The layoff accounted for a quarter of its existing workforce, with a total of HK$20 million expected to be paid to retrenched staff. Hong Kong imposed its first Covid-19 lockdown this past weekend in the Kowloon Area This marked the second major retrenchment exercise conducted by a Hong Kong travel agency, after Wing On Travel Service sacked 120 staff last December. EGL Tours executive director, Steve Hu...