New rush for hotels and restaurants to get certified safely
A hotel owner says color-coded stages are inconsistent
Updated: 8:00 p.m. MST February 11, 2021
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EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS AND DRIVES IN FILM THEATERS. WITH MORE COUNTIES IN YELLOW AND GREEN, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS USE THE SECURE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT EXTENDS THEIR CAPACITY. >> THE STATE SAYS THAT MORE THAN 2,700 RESTAURANTS AND 1000 ACCOMMODATION ARE COMPLETED – THE ACCOMMODATION HAS COMPLETED THE TRAINING AND WHY SOME WILL STILL HAVE THEIR DOUBTS WHEN THE STATE REOPENES. >> AS SOON AS THE GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT HAS SEEN THE NEXT DAY, WE SAW AN INFLUENCE OF INQUIRIES FROM COMPANIES THAT SAY I HAVE TO END MY TRAINING. I want to eat inside than. THERE’S EXCITEMENT. >> JASON WITH THE STATE SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS TALKING ABOUT A RENEWED SPEED TO REOPEN NOW THAT 15 COUNTIES ARE YELLOW. THAT MEANS THAT THESE SAFE CERTIFIED HOTELS AND MOTELS CAN NOW 60% OPERATE. NOT SECURELY CERTIFIED, ONLY 25%. FOR SAFE CERTIFIED RESTAURANTS IN YELLOW – YOU CAN DO 25% FOR FOOD INSIDE AND 75% FOR FOOD OUTSIDE. THAT’S HUGE FOR COUNTRIES LIKE BONO LEO, WHICH JUST UTILIZED YELLOW So what about the counties that went in the opposite direction from yellow to red like SOCORRO COUNTY? >> EVERYONE FROM ALBUQUERQUE COMES TO SOCORRO. NOW EVERYONE IS A CORE TO ALBUQUERQUE TO GET SOME FOOD. THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY. >> THIS BUSINESSMAN HAS STRUGGLED TO STAY OPEN SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. HE PURCHASED THIS HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER 2019 WITH THE HOPE OF REOPENING A RENOVATED VERSION IN SIX MONTHS. >> I’ve spent all of my lifesavers trying to open these rooms and now I feel like I’ve rented five rooms this weekend. >> HE HAS NOT DONE THE SAFE CERTIFIED TRAINING BECAUSE HE SAYS HE CANNOT GENERATE THE REVENUE TO RENOVATE ENOUGH THE HOTEL TO OPEN MORE THAN A HANDFULL OF ROOMS.
New rush for hotels and restaurants to get certified safely
A hotel owner says color-coded stages are inconsistent
Updated: 8:00 p.m. MST February 11, 2021
While thousands of hotels and restaurants have already been certified by the state as safe, there is a new push to move more counties from red to yellow. However, not every hotel or restaurant owner currently does so in this video, learn more about why it matters and why a hotel owner says it doesn’t help their current situation.
While thousands of hotels and restaurants have already been certified as safe by the state, there is fresh impetus to do so by moving more counties from red to yellow.
However, not every hotel or restaurant owner currently does it.
Check out this video to learn more about why it matters and why a hotel owner says it doesn’t help their current situation.
