ZAGREB, 8 March 2021, 2021 - Liburnia Riviera Hotels (LRH) said last Friday that they were rapidly preparing for the start of the new season -- Opatija's Hotel Palace Bellevue opened on 5 March, and if the epidemiological situation permits nearly all LRH Group facilities should open in the first half of May at the latest.
The press release from LRH underscores that the hotel group has preserved business continuity and jobs and that it is entering this year with optimism, annonuncing new projects and investments, despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
They said that they had managed last year to get the most out of the tourist season, generating 149,824 overnight stays in accommodation establishments in Opatija.
"In order to enable stability and quality of business in the upcoming tourist season, despite a marked drop in operating income last year, the LRH preserved all jobs with the same level of wages and nearly all other material rights of workers. The government's support to the tourist industry has greatly helped us to achieve this goal and the LRH Group is thankful for that," the press release said.
At the end of 2020 and at the beginning of 2021, the LRH hired new workers, an advertisement for additional jobs in hotels was posted in February, and in accordance with the plan to open facilities, it is planned to hire up to 500 new workers.
The LRH also said that it was preparing numerous projects and investment, such as the reconstruction of the Kvarner hotel which is already under way.
