It should not have come to this as new rules intensify hospitality pain
The hospitality industry overall will survive, though many operations will fail and remain closed until the market recover
04 July 2021 - 00:05
Travel, tourism, restaurants and entertainment have been the hardest hit by the Covid-19 restrictions imposed by nearly every country in the world. In SA, the revised regulations enforced since Monday are no different, with the hospitality industry, and — uniquely to SA — the alcohol industry being impacted. Whether this will be a two-week crunch or a six-week crisis remains to be seen, but I suspect the latter...
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