He tourism sector enjoys very good health in Spain and the turismo It is one of the main economic engines of the country. Last March, the spanish hotels registered 24.53 million overnight stays and they were the preferred option for tourists to stay in their destinations. For many, sleeping in a hotel is a luxury, which may encourage them to take memories of your vacation. And they seem to have a favorite target: towels.
This has been revealed by the president of the AC Hoteles chain, Anthony Catalnin a podcast episode Nude Project. When asked which objects were stolen the most in the rooms, I did not hesitate to point out the towels. According to him, more than 80.000 They are lost annually from their hotels. A not inconsiderable figure, taking into account that the chain has 91 hotels in Spanish territory.
The businessman, originally from Navarra and who founded his empire in 1998, stressed that these mass robberies not only affect the hotels he has in Spain, but also those in another neighboring country, Italia. And given the amused reaction of his interlocutors, he wanted to remember that the towels they go with the logoso they surely will not go unnoticed.
At another point in the interview, Cataln charge against Airbnb, the vacation rental platform that in recent years has weakened the market share of Spanish hotels. According to him, the Government should do something and regularize the platform, whose practices he defines as illegal y unsafe.
He also wanted to downplay the importance of the stars that their hotels haveand in Catalán’s words, before the regulations were more strict and now They don’t even put them on anymore. What is really valuable, more than the stars that adorn the facade of a hotel, are the brands and have a commercial name recognizable by the public.
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