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COVID-19: Sheraton and Hotel Africana severely hit by Covid-19; send most staff home

by Muhereza Kyamutetera
Covid-19 related travel restrictions, has reduced occupancy at Sheraton Kampala Hotel down to 3% forcing the hotel to send on paid leave most of their employees. The hotel however says it does not envisage staff terminations in the near future.
Sheraton Kampala Hotel one of Kampala’s top hotels has sent down most of its staff on paid leave as Covid-19 related restrictions have severely diminished business at the hotel. In an interview with CEO East Africa, the hotel’s General Manager, Mr. Jean Philippe Bittencourt, said that the hotel is mainly catering to “guests that could not leave the country” as well as a “few residents

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.