A hotel chain says the health and wellbeing of staff will be a major factor in whether it renews its Government contract as a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) provider. Joseph Johnson/Stuff New Zealand Army personnel guarding the perimeter of the Sudima Hotel at the Christchurch International Airport in November. Morgan said since opening as MIQ facilities almost a year ago, staff had been repeatedly abused by the public, with police notified on several occasions. Bookings made at its Sudima Christchurch Airport hotel would shift to its hotel in the city if its MIQ contract was renewed. An MIQ spokesperson said there were no plans to stop using the Sudima hotels for MIQ.

Source: Stuff February 08, 2021 23:09 UTC