Over one quarter of staff at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin are being laid-off temporarily, due to lower than normal levels of occupancy.
The five-star hotel on St Stephen's Green currently employs around 435 people, including full-time and part-time workers. 127 of these employees will be temporarily laid-off while remaining staff, across all levels, will work reduced hours as part of the cost reduction plan.
The Shelbourne reopened to the public on 29 June last under phase two of the Government's Covid-19 road map. "Despite the significant challenges facing the travel sector this year and the dramatic decline of international travel, we have had a relatively positive summer season, focused almost exclusively on domestic business," the