Posted By
Najib
Apr 18, 2020 03:06
I woke up today to the news that Le Bristol Beirut is shutting down after 70 years. Even though this was not confirmed yet by the hotel's management, it goes without saying that Lebanon's hospitality industry has been suffering for months now and the latest COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation ten times worse. Just to give you an idea, Lebanon's hospitality industry employs more than 394,000 people which is 18.4% of total employment. Added…
Posted By
Chadi
Apr 17, 2020 04:54
In addition to the health pandemic that the World is suffering from, Lebanon has been going through a disastrous economic crisis with soaring unemployment rates and thousands of business closures. For that purpose and earlier this year, Jobs For Lebanon was created to enable the 16 million Lebanese across the world to create new job opportunities and recruit local talent. The aim in is to help talented and skilled workers now stuck at home with…
Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Beirut
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Critiques
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Business
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