/ Posted on 15 January, 2021 15:54
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) has revoked the certificate of authority to operate and suspended for six months the accreditation of the City Garden Grand Hotel, for breaking Covid-19 safety rules leading to the death of a flight attendant after a New Year’s revelry held at the property.
Alongside this, the DOT gave a “stern warning” to the industry that hotels used as quarantine facilities should not accept leisure guests and host social gatherings, while staycation hotels cannot be used for quarantine.
City Garden Grand Hotel, a quarantine hotel, comes under the spotlight for violating terms of accreditation
Published January 14, 2021, 6:07 PM
The Department of Tourism (DoT), in a resolution released today, has found the City Garden Grand Hotel (CGGH) in Makati City liable for the “offense of gross and evident bad faith in dealing with clients/fraudulent solicitation of business” after accommodating guests for leisure purposes despite being a quarantine facility.
CGGH is the accommodation establishment where Philippine Airlines flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera was found lifeless in one of its rooms last Jan. 1.
The DoT said the hotel has made “false, deceptive, or misleading claims or statements for the purpose of soliciting business from clients under Section 13.2 (c) of DoT Memorandum Circular No. 2018-03.”