(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - Officials here have asked hotels and other accommodation establishments that have resumed operations to set up selling areas for small businesses. Resolution No. 540-2021, passed by the city council in its last regular meeting and was approved by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, requests hotels to give spaces within their premises for the possible installation of stalls or booths to qualified and registered souvenirs, delicacies, and "pasalubong" (souvenir, delicacies) retailers or sellers. Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan, in an interview on Monday, said the request is part of the ongoing efforts aimed at boosting the safe reopening of the local economy. He said it has been a practice before the pandemic that sellers of souvenirs or delicacies were allowed to conduct their businesses within the premises of hotels in the city for the convenience and easy access of guests and customers to local products. The resolution tasked the Permits and Licensing Division and
(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - Officials here have asked hotels and other accommodation establishments that have resumed operations to set up selling areas for small businesses. Resolution No. 540-2021, passed by the city council in its last regular meeting and was approved by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, requests hotels to give spaces within their premises for the possible installation of stalls or booths to qualified and registered souvenirs, delicacies, and "pasalubong" (souvenir, delicacies) retailers or sellers. Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan, in an interview on Monday, said the request is part of the ongoing efforts aimed at boosting the safe reopening of the local economy. He said it has been a practice before the pandemic that sellers of souvenirs or delicacies were allowed to conduct their businesses within the premises of hotels in the city for the convenience and easy access of guests and customers to local products. The resolution tasked the Permits and Licensing Division and