February 14 Valentine’s Day, is one of the busiest dates for restaurants and hotels, after Mother’s Day. Blanca Chávez, president of NOW Peru, foresees that this year sales will exceed 50%, taking into account the lifting of the curfew and the reduction of infections by the variant of the COVID-19.
“There are restaurants that are going to recover a little and reach 30% of their sales and others may exceed 50%, this will also depend on the capacity of capacity so that couples can spend happy moments with the security measures of the case by the distance that must exist between the tables”, he commented.
In addition, he said that regarding the hotels in Lima that are part of NOW Peru, of three and four stars, the reservations are around 40%; “Couples always wait until the last minute to make their reservations,” he said.
“February 14 is a good opportunity to forget about problems and spend good times with lovers, spouses and friends. The formal hotels and restaurants are going to receive them with open arms”, she concluded.
Valentine’s Day will boost flower shop sales to pre-pandemic levels
The romantics still exist and thanks to them, flower shops hope to reach sales at pre-pandemic levels this Valentine’s Day campaign.
“Despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the expectation for this year in the campaign is to recover what we had in 2019 on this special date,” said Pablo Rodríguez, general manager of Galafin, to that medium.
He added that for the same Monday, February 14, they have the goal of placing more than 150 repairs on their clients.
