DOT suspends accreditation, fines hotel in ‘Poblacion girl’ quarantine breach

Released photo shows the Berjaya Makati Hotel.

Berjaya Makati Hotel / Released

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 12:04 p.m.)— The Department of Tourism on Wednesday said it has suspended the accreditation of a hotel in Makati City that failed to stop its guest, a traveler from the United States who later tested positive for COVID-19, from breaking the quarantine rules and leaving the premises to attend a party.

The DOT said it also revoked Berjaya Hotel Makati’s permit as a multiple-use hotel. Multiple-use hotels are "accommodation establishments that have been inspected by a team composed of personnel from DOT and Bureau of Quarantine and determined to be suitable for the accommodation of both quarantine and non-quarantine guests by reason of compliance with standards of physical separation of guests."

Moreover, the Makati hotel was also "fined equivalent to twice the rack rate of its most expensive room" or equivalent to a fine of P13,200.  

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