Of the 5,000 jobs that hoteliers they said they needed in the East region of the Dominican Republic 1,362 people were selected at the great job fair held by the Ministry of Labor in conjunction with the hotel sector.
“Through the brokerage service of the job The great two-week job fair has just concluded to answer the call of the Eastern tourism sector about approximately 5,000 places that they have said they have. Of these amounts, they have indicated a first group of 1,362 vacancies,” said the head of the Ministry of LaborLuis Miguel De Camps.
He added that on the day of the great fair of job more than 1,500 people were referred and more than 90% have been hired.
“We are going to continue identifying the other vacancies, to also reiterate and proceed to the new job fairs”Minister of Labor
Regarding the activity, the president of the Eastern Hotel Association (sunshine), Ernesto Veloz, thanked Minister De Camps for going and supporting the job fair. He added that in the next few days they will have a logistical meeting with the Ministry of Labor to finish completing the template that is going to be needed today, for the winter and the new hotels.
“Punta Cana continues in the first place in all Dominican Republic and the Caribbean area. We are growing in the airport because we need more space and we are growing in hotels with more rooms, and we are growing in the technological part, with the creation of this new industrial park Punta Cana Free Trade Zoneand together with the expansion of Terminal B”, said Veloz prior to the activity of Grupo Puntacana, where he announced an investment of more than 280 million dollars.
In the Punta Cana area of the Dominican Republicthe hotel sector has more than 45,000 rooms, of which 75% are occupied.
“We have occupancy that is above 75% today. And now with the new measures that the Canadian government has taken, we expect it to go up significantly because the Canadian market after the US is the most important for us.”President of Soleste.
Veloz also highlighted that the measures taken by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, to liberalize the protocols for the use of attachments in the pandemic have had a positive impact on the sector.
“We currently have 45,000 rooms in the Punta Cana area. Without the ones currently being built, there are two more hotels. In the middle of this year the first bite will be given for new hotels as well”, said the executive.
