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OPERATIONS of quarantine hotels are getting affected by the slow payment by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) for quarantine stays of Filipino overseas workers. In a letter to Owwa Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac dated March 8, a copy of which was obtained by the BusinessMirror, Philippine Hotel Owners…
MEMBERS of the Philippine Hotel Owners Association (PHOA) are requesting government for a stimulus program to stem their losses from the removal of quarantine guests. Guest panelists at Wednesday’s Kapihan sa Manila Bay generally welcomed the reopening of the country to international tourism. But PHOA Executive Director Benito C. Bengzon…
THE Philippine Hotel Owners Association (PHOA) will look into reports that some of its member-hotels serving quarantine guests are also accepting Covid-positive individuals, who should otherwise remain in isolation facilities. This developed as the Department of Tourism (DOT) served more notices to explain (NTEs) to accommodation establishments found violating guidelines…
FUNDS to pay for the quarantine hotel stays of overseas Filipino workers returning from abroad are expected to run out by the end of the year, but hoteliers expressed optimism that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) will honor the bookings. In a news conference Tuesday, Philippine Hotel Owners Association…