Contrary to the fears of some mass media, the CPS will not be forced hoteliers to control the family-status of checking-in guests: such acts are not in principle fall within the competence of the Ministry. Together arrived the hotel now with no problems sharing a room, confirmed by market participants.The CPS will not require hoteliers to prove the family status of the guests, said “Kommersant” in the service. It recalled that the previous recommendation “the accommodation is mainly single rooms, with the exception of the family” suggests that rooms should not settle people who are not in contact with each other in ordinary life, to avoid additional risks of infection in close cooperation. He also explained that the control over family status not in principle fall within the remit of the CPS.Media reports that the CPS will require to verify family status, appeared after the publication in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, where the conclusion that additional control measures were made on the basis of the review of the Ministry: “Recommendations for the enterprises of hotel business, and the burden of proof of marital status is entirely the responsibility of the hotel”. The President of the Russian hotel Association Gennady Lamshin in publishing denied this version, explaining that the accommodation accompanying guests are still legal.General Director of tour operator “Dolphin” Sergey Romashkin confirms that there are no problems with the settlement for a few people tourists does not occur. “Hotels are guided by their oral statements,” he says. The expert adds that, in principle, when booking accommodation now travellers not always indicate the names of everyone who will live in the room. “It can be a reservation “Smith plus one”,” he explains. According to Mr. Romashkina, the requirement to accommodate guests individually or by families, in principle, is rhetorical. “The market is not so many occasions when strangers settle in the same room, this method of “sharing the house” with the permission of the guests had practiced before the sanatorium to reduce the cost of living, but now it is rather exotic,” he says.Alexandra Mertsalova, Anatoly Khostirovaniya COVID-19 resulted in a significant rpm drop hoteliers. In the first quarter, the yield on a room in Moscow fell by almost 15%, and in St. Petersburg — more than 10%. Consultants don’t expect anything good from the results of the second quarter in April—June the revenues of the hotels will fall at least 65%. The loss of St. Petersburg market will be greater than in the capital. Although the situation on the Russian hotel market is better than in Europe, its rapid recovery after the pandemic, analysts do not expect.Readü further
