#Hotels

Peace in the hotel sector has been put on hold as trade unions dismissed an intermediary proposal put forward by the labour ministry for the renewal of the industry’s ...

There is a “positive climate” in discussions with trade unions for the renewal of the collective agreement in the hotel industry, Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) director general Philokypros Roussounides said ...

An agreement between hotel owners and employees in the sector focusing on improving working conditions is expected soon following a joint meeting between the parties, it emerged on Friday. The ...

The north will soon require all property owners who rent their properties on short term bases on tourism websites such as Airbnb to register their properties with the ‘government’ as ...

A proposal to establish a special category of “rural hotels” was discussed by the House commerce committee on Tuesday. The proposed law, tabled by Disy MPs Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis and Nikos ...

The head of the association of hospitality sector owners (Osika) Neophytos Thrasivoulou said attendance at leisure centres nationwide currently hovers around 30 per cent, making January one of the most difficult ...

The average occupancy rate for hotels in December is projected to hover between 35 and 40 per cent, according to the director general of the Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Philokypros Roussounides. Speaking to ...

Low occupancy rates will be observed at hotels in December, the head of the Cyprus Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides said on Friday. He said that hotels that will operate ...

Trade unions on Monday expressed their concern over what they described as workplace bullying ahead of negotiations for collective agreements, saying hotels were pressuring staff to drop their union memberships ...

Ten hotels in Cyprus, Greece and Malta took part in a programme to reduce single use plastics (SUP) which saw them reduce their use by 17 tonnes. The Cyprus Hoteliers Association (...

The hoteliers association hit out at workers on Friday who has gone on a lightning strike in Paphos. Workers at three hotels in Paphos started a 24-hour strike on Thursday, ...

Cyprus has been established as an important attractive tourist destination and this year is heading towards a very high performance. Over the last few months bookings have exceeded 95 per cent ...

Close to 20 hotels were fined nearly €50,000 for employing workers illegally, the labour ministry announced on Thursday following an investigation in July. According to the ministry, targeted inspections conducted at hotel ...

Hotel workers union on Friday demanded an amendment to the industry’s wages decree so the indexation allowance be calculated automatically. Syxka-Peo union issued a statement welcoming the decree incorporating ...

Hotel occupancy rates in Cyprus are expected to reach as much as 95 per cent in August, hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

The mayor of Polis Chrysochous has suggested revisions to the controversial Akamas local plan to accommodate at least three more hotels in the area, but sustainable ones, he said. Mayor ...

Reports on Tuesday that the businessman who aims to rent out hotels in occupied Varosha by 2025 – with dubious chances of success, at best – got even stranger: reservations can be made ...

The unnamed businessman who claims to have purchased hotels in Varosha has stated that from Tuesday he would be accepting bookings for the 2025 season. The businessman additionally claimed that he ...

Persistent staff shortages at Paphos hotels significantly affect the quality of services offered, the head of the Paphos hotel association Thanos Michaelides said on Thursday. The issue of finding staff ...

Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...

Cyprus hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) president Philokypros Rousounides on Wednesday said that the island benefited from an influx of tourists during the Catholic Easter period, primarily from Great Britain, Poland, Austria, ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou Some 200 workers at three Paphos hotels called off a strike on Thursday evening, hours after their walkout, following a deal with employers over the ...

Hoteliers are upbeat about the new employment regulations, after the cabinet decided to raise the percentage of third country nationals allowed to be employed by businesses from 30 to 50 per cent ...

The occupancy of hotels in the Paphos district is expected to reach 35 per cent in March, President of the Paphos Hotels Association, Thanos Michaelides said on Sunday. In statements to ...