Hoteliers and unions agree on terms for collective agreement (Updated)
After lengthy negotiations, hoteliers and unions said Wednesday they agreed on the terms for the renewal of the industry’s collective agreement, which includes a legally...
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Labour minister seeking to resolve hotel workers’ pay dispute
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou has organised three meetings in a bid to settle a row between hoteliers and workers over collective agreements, one of which...
MPs, state officials discuss tourism staff shortages
Lawmakers and government officials on Tuesday again brainstormed on the serious staff shortages facing the tourism and catering sectors, but did not seem to come...
Tourism industry issues SOS, needs more workers
Stakeholders in the tourism industry sounded an SOS on Tuesday over the “dire” shortage in both skilled and unskilled workers with the summer season just...
Hotel workers threaten measures if new bill is voted on without their input
Trade unions representing hotel workers on Thursday threatened to take measures unless the voting in parliament on a bill for the operation of hotels is...
Business leaders hand over €320,000 for Greece aid
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday received two cheques from business circles for more than €320,000 in support of the victims of the deadly fires in...
Famagusta-area hoteliers call for measures to stem drop in Russian arrivals
The Cyprus Hotel Association Pasyxe Famagusta on Friday called on the government to take corrective measures to stem any reduction in specific markets such as...
Hoteliers concerned over airport delays
By Evie Andreou The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Acte) on Wednesday expressed concern over the overcrowding that continues to be observed during peak season...
Greater protection for those booking travel packages
By Evie Andreou THE HOUSE plenum has unanimously voted two bills aiming to harmonise national legislation with that of the EU as regards services offered...
CTO: we won’t be shutting the doors to the British despite false claims
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) confirmed on Thursday that there had been a spike in false foods poisoning claims by UK tourists but said it...
Hoteliers say weighed down by debt and bills
As the backbone of economic growth, the hotel industry needs to have far more concessions when it comes to banks and utility bills, the Cyprus...
Law changes would curb burgeoning illegal holiday rentals
Concerns over massive loss of tax revenue and health and safety issues By Bejay Browne AN escalating problem of illegal holiday rental properties...
Mountain resorts working at a loss, say hoteliers
AT a time when coastal hotels are filled to capacity, hotels in the higher altitudes are complaining about the weak demand and the unfair competition...
Cyprus hoteliers fear consequences of Brexit
The possible impact on the Cypriot economy should the United Kingdom leave the European Union was examined during a meeting held on Tuesday at the...
Hotel wage row ‘bad for tourism’
The government and the Cyprus Hotel Association on Friday called on the unions to stop washing their dirty laundry in public as it was...
Hotels overbooking up to five times, travel chief says
Hotels are overbooking rooms by up to five times, sometimes eight times, and are then forced to stop selling, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents...
Hoteliers expect more tourists in 2016 as sterling, rouble weaken
By Stelios Orphanides Hoteliers are “cautiously optimistic” that the island’s tourism industry may see a further boost in 2016 even if the weaker British pound...
Cyprus sees record tourist numbers from Israel
Close to 100,000 tourists from Israel visited Cyprus in 2015, making it a record year, the Cyprus Hotel Association (PASYXE) said on Tuesday. PASYXE said...
CTO whistle-blower’s Vienna job axed
By Elias Hazou THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) decision to shutter its Vienna office in December 2013 – despite strong admonitions not to by the...
Famagusta hoteliers expect rise in UK tourists next year
By Evie Andreou THE Famagusta tourism agency expects a 15 to 18 per cent increase of tourists from the U.K. next season. The agency’s chairman,...