Hotel owners iffy on proposal to convert hotels into temporary hospitals By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published April 10, 2021 3:30pm The Philippine Hotel Owners Association Inc. expressed doubts that the industry can accommodate a proposal to turn some hotels into temporary hospital facilities as National Capital Region (NCR) hotel rooms, much like healthcare facilities, are fully occupied. “To convert hotels into hospitals, that’s going to be very difficult kasi maraming kailangan to support patients (because there are a lot of things needed to support patients),” Philippine Hotel Owners Association president Arthur Lopez said in an interview on state-run PTV’s Laging Handa briefing on Saturday.