Italian chain of hotels closes due to high energy bills

Italian hotel chain Carloli announced its closure due to high energy bills.

And the Bloomberg news agency quoted Attilio Caputo, general manager of the chain, which owns five hotels in the southern Italian region of Puglia, as saying that it would suspend its activities and would not accept any new reservation requests after the hotel's electricity bill rose to 500,000 euros per month (490,000 dollars) compared to 100,000 euros per month. in the last year.

The chain said that it will accept inmates until November 10, while about 300 employees will be laid off under the income support program for them.

It is noteworthy that the Italian government has spent about 66 billion euros to help citizens in the face of high energy prices, and it is likely that it will need to spend more.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brotherhood of Italy, who leads the

The far-right coalition, which won last month's Italian general elections, treated the energy crisis as a priority, without resorting to increasing public spending.

This comes at a time when about 36% of small and medium-sized companies operating in the field of tourism and retail trade in Italy intend to raise the prices of their services due to the high energy bills.

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