Ukrainian hotels ask for the help

on March 5 representatives of Ukrainian hotel business published an open letter addressed a number of famous sites on online booking of hotels, among them - Booking.com, Expedia, HRS.com and Ostrovok.ru. Considering the difficult situation on the market, in the period till September 1, they were asked to reduce by half the amount of remuneration which sites are intermediaries charge hotels for every booking made by tourists. And thereby to support the Ukrainian industry of hospitality. On Wednesday evening list of signatories to the appeal included 123 of from different regions Ukraine.

As have informed the correspondent of " Турдом» market participants, the situation was really critical. «Incomes of hotel business Ukraine dropped by 50%. Activity at zero. If you increase the revenues in the near future will not work, it would be desirable to reduce the operating costs», - said the Manager of planning of revenues hotels «Donbass Palace» and «Opera» Andrey Вирченко.

A similar situation is seen in other regions of the country. «In the offseason, the hotel market in Lviv surviving through corporate events, conferences and seminars conducted including poles and Hungarians. In March-April all activities are cancelled, the foreigners to go to Ukraine 'm afraid. Yes, and from Russia and Belarus are cancelled spring arrivals», - noted the Deputy Director of Lviv at the «Nota bene» Svyatoslav Касьянчук.

According to participants of the market, volumes, which went through foreign partners, including Booking.com, Expedia and HRS.com, were good. «We can only assume what will happen with online services. Even if they lower Commission than in two times, and 30 percent, then it will not 15-18% with reservation, as now, but 10%. In this case, the business will be able at least to avoid job cuts,» added the Manager of the hotel «Donbass Palace» and «Opera» Mr. Вирченко.

According to market players, the probability that foreign partners will meet minimal, but to try, nevertheless, necessary. «Booking and Expedia to us are the main channels of attraction of clients, and their loyalty during this difficult period would be a great help. But on the whole the situation is slightly better than it was, for example, in mid-February, when we just had cancelled 50 applications. There are applications for the end of March and April», - said the Manager of the hotel «Liverpool» Donetsk Maxim Timchenko.

At the time of delivery of the material of press-service Booking.com and Expedia has not provided any comments on the situation. In Ostrovok.ru clarified that are not yet ready to comment, as the situation requires a thorough analysis of the Ukrainian market. Representatives of Russian aggregator hotels Oktogo reported that all Ukrainian hotels presented on the website, вендорский, that is bookable via Booking.com. «Probably, we could lower, relatively speaking, his half of the fee, but the scheme of mutual settlements is that this can be done only on the basis of agreements with partner service», - said the Director of content Oktogo Alexey Lavrov.
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