After the Eid .. The hotel sector is waiting to announce the criteria for classification of new hotels

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The hotel sector in Egypt is expected to launch the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Federation of Tourist Chambers, the new criteria for the classification of Egyptian hotels, which were formulated with the assistance of the World Tourism Organization and a French expert in this field. In line with its international profile.

Following the approval of the system of standards by the Ministry of Tourism, the hotel facilities will begin to notify the hotels to begin to adjust their conditions and apply the new standards. Hotels will be given time to complete this before the inspection and reassessment process begins..

Prior to the drafting of the standards system, a team of inspectors was formed in cooperation with the concerned governmental authorities to conduct a digital examination of hotels. The Ministry of Tourism trained the hotel inspectors by the experts of the World Tourism Organization, obtained certified certificates from the organization, The most important items of that system and its objective.

Hisham al-Shaer, member of the board of directors of the hotel room for the seventh day, said that within two years all Egyptian hotels will be subject to international standards. , And hotels that do not meet the standards will be reduced to the degree of Jomtien until it finishes the application of standards.

The stage will not end with the lifting of the status of the classification, but will be followed by periodic inspection by committees to follow up the continued application of standards and warn those who disagree.

The Ministry of Tourism is working on automating the inspection of hotel facilities through the provision of a number of electronic panels and special systems for their operation and training inspectors to use them, and training the hotel inspectors in the ministry on the new classification criteria using the latest applications of modern technology by relying on TabletsMade specifically for this purpose.