The Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Services of Portugal (AHREP) today asked the Government to regulate night entertainment and promoters of parties such as weddings and baptisms, and highlighted the risks of insolvency.
These messages were transmitted by the vice president of AHRESP Carlos Moura before having lunch with the prime minister, António Costa, and the minister of State and Economy, Pedro Siza Vieira, at Parque das Nações, in Lisbon.
Carlos Moura referred that AHRESP has already delivered to the Government a document with 11 proposals that it considers urgent to face the consequences of the economic halt caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
“The evening entertainment, the promoters of baptism parties and weddings are not yet regulated for their reopening, but, certainly, the Prime Minister and his Government will not fail to ensure that the desired normality is restored. If all goes well, the health authorities will also recommend that there be openness and the elimination of the 50% limit on the activity”, he said, in a message also addressed to the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
According to Carlos Moura, AHRESP currently has “two major concerns”, the first of which “refers to operating conditions” to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
“I believe that we gave a great lesson in responsibility, because there is no space today that does not follow the guidelines of the DGS and our best practices guide”, he declared, before referring to the second “great concern” of AHRESP.
“We cannot witness the insolvency of many companies that are at risk. We need the Government to look more specifically at the sector, with a view to avoiding insolvencies, revitalizing companies and companies. We have to guarantee the jobs”, he emphasized.
The vice-president of AHRESP stressed that food and beverages "is an activity that brings together 240 people, to which 80 of the tourist accommodation are added."
“If it's in terms of the household, it's about 1,2 million people. We are a fragile fabric of small and medium-sized companies, in which there is difficulty in accessing some lines of financing”, he added.
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