Superstar’s favourite hotel shuts down!!! Hotel Southern Star manager shares why…

In a signed notice sent to staff dated May 19, the Hotel General Manager has stated that due to Coronavirus epidemic and the lockdown, business has come to a standstill and as such the Southern Star management has decided to close down the Hotel by terminating all the employees and staff, numbering over 80.“The global crisis has affected hotels badly and the situation will continue indefinitely even after the lockdown is lifted. The management will settle all the dues, including termination compensation to all employees as per rules,” the notice put on the Hotel notice board stated. “Our business runs on travellers. And tourists, both foreign and domestic, will not turn up unless a vaccine is found and the pandemic is eradicated. Even the Government has not provided us any stimulus package or any sort of relief so we are staring at a bleak future. Hence we have been forced to take this painful decision,” said Jairaj.

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He also said, “We are not getting support from any Government, be it State or even local. Mysore City Corporation has increased tax by 15% and the Excise Department says we must pay up next year’s excise tax this year and that also immediately. This being the situation, how can we run a hotel?” The Group owns hotels in Bangalore and Hassan, which have also been closed and employees let go. This is the same Hotel where Superstar Rajinikanth stayed during the shoot of P. Vasu’s Chandramukhi and K.S. Ravikumar’s Lingaa.