７日（木）、マルコポーロホテルダバオは新型コロナウィルス感染拡大の影響で経済的な損失を受けたことにより、無期限での営業を停止することを表明したと地元メディアが報道した。営業停止に伴い、従業員も解雇されることになり、解雇手当が支給されることになるという。
マルコポーロホテルダバオは1998年に開業し、香港を拠点とするマルコポーログループとしては最初のフィリピン進出であり、ミンダナオ島ダバオ市で初の国際的チェーンホテルとなった。
元ダバオ市長で現大統領のドゥテルテ氏御用達のホテルとしても知られ、自身のカンファレンスや記者会見でも利用されていることは有名で、2017年1月に日本の安倍総理がダバオ市を訪問した際に宿泊したホテルとしても知られている。
Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles
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