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Quarantine Hotel|It’s hard to find a room

2021-06-03T02:00:45.343Z


The government has tightened its arrival quarantine arrangements earlier, requiring quarantine at designated hotels for at most 21 days, which has made the supply of hotel rooms very tight. Many Hong Kong residents who plan to return to Hong Kong hum on the Internet, and have recently been unable to reserve a recent hotel quarantine room;


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Written by: Lao Minyi Ni Qingjiang

2021-05-31 00:52

Last update date: 2021-05-31 00:56

The government has tightened its arrival quarantine arrangements earlier, requiring quarantine at designated hotels for at most 21 days, which has made the supply of hotel rooms very tight.

Many Hong Kong residents who plan to return to Hong Kong have been able to make reservations for quarantine rooms in recent hotels recently; the super-expensive quarantine hotel, the Hong Kong Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, charges more than RMB 3,600 per night for an ordinary single room, and the quarantine must be paid on the 21st. More than 76,000 yuan, but the staff revealed that there will be no vacancies for rent until mid-July at the earliest.

The Food and Health Bureau admits that the current situation of hotel reservations is tight, but some quarantine hotels still have rooms available for booking in June and July; some third-round quarantine hotels with back-up rooms will open these rooms for reservations, so that the total number will be available. Increase from 1,700 to 10,000, which is 20% more than the current one.

The third and fourth rounds of designated quarantine hotel rooms can be increased to 10,000

According to the Food and Health Bureau, the third round of designated hotels for quarantine will run from April 21 to June 19, a period of 60 days. The original number of rooms was about 8,300. Due to the recent increase in demand for quarantine hotels, some of them hold spares. After discussing with the government, the hotel of the room is gradually opening up its spare rooms for reservation.

If all the back-up rooms are fully booked, the number of rooms available under the third round of the plan will be increased to approximately 10,000, that is, an increase of 1,700.

The fourth round of designated quarantine hotels will last for 73 days from June 20 to August 31, providing approximately 8,500 rooms.

Similarly, due to the increased demand for hotels in late June and July, quarantine hotels with spare rooms will be contacted to open these spare rooms.

When all the spare rooms are open, a total of about 10,000 rooms can be provided for reservation.

▼List of designated quarantine hotels and room rates▼

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The bureau also stated that the government is liaising with suitable hotels that have expressed interest in participating in the fourth round of the plan but have not been invited to discuss the possibility of their participation. It is hoped that this can be implemented in the short term to further increase the supply of rooms in the fourth round.

The spokesperson said that under the designated quarantine hotel program, the government provides subsidies to participating hotels to guarantee a 50% occupancy rate. Therefore, the government needs to act cautiously and avoid providing too many hotel rooms, so as to reduce the amount of subsidies paid and make good use of them. Public money.

▼Quarantine Hotel The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong▼

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