General News of Saturday, 4 April 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comCoronavirus: Kempinski to layoff workers - Finance MinisterKempinski Hotel Gold Coast CityManagement of the plush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra is to lay off about 85% of staff as the novel Coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on their business. The hotel, in addition, will close down four floors of its multi-storey building with the aim of cutting down its operational cost. According to Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, for a huge hotel like Kempinski to take such a decision, it really tells us that we are in a very difficult moment. “For a hotel like Kempinski which has about 400 workers, they are letting 340 go home. He further announced to parliamentarians that the Government of Ghana will soon roll out new strategies to support struggling businesses.

Source: GhanaWeb April 04, 2020 05:09 UTC