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With the presence of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Caribbean; it has become a more inevitable threat and hotels are seeing a lot of canceled and postponed bookings.<\/p>

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The increase in canceled bookings are greatly affecting business and hotel managers may have to start laying off staff to cope.<\/p>\n

Alex Browne, manager of the Starfish Jolly Beach Resort, revealed that the hotel was considering cutting workers\u2019 hours as a way to deal with the loss of sale for now.<\/p>

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Browne added that the hotel is still reviewing the option of laying off workers.<\/p>

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The hotel manager said his hotel had been badly hit by last week\u2019s travel advisory affecting travelers from Italy.<\/p>\n

He said the resort\u2019s previous 80 percent occupancy had plummeted to 68 percent.<\/p>

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If these numbers continue to decrease, Browne expressed that workers would have to be laid off.<\/p>\n

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