The Valencian Casual Chain Hotels lands in the Balearic Islands with the opening of its first establishment in the archipelago after an investment of about two million euros, the Casual Bahía Ibiza. Juan Carlos SanjuanFounder and CEO of the company, affirms that this may be the first step in the face of a greater implementation in the Autonomous Community, after having probe different possibilities in Mallorca that could take shape in the future. The premiere of the new hotel, he says, has exceeded the initial expectations, since it has managed to reap very positive results in these Easter holiday.
“We are very interested in Balearic Islands,” says Sanjuan in an interview with the last hour. The hotelier thinks that public and private sector must row together to solve the negative externalities of tourist success in the islands. First, he blames the problem of massification to an illegal offer that exists due to a political neglect that has been dragging for several five years. “Everything is generated by poor political management: this will be fixed when politicians want.”
In that sense, it considers that the restriction of the offer – assuming the non -regulated plant and avoiding the creation of new regulated places – is the key to ensuring that the volume of arrivals does not continue to increase year by year. “Restricts the beds and airlines will not schedule more balearic seats.” In relation to this problem, it considers capital that a control is carried out that allows, at least, to determine approximately The amount of illegal accommodations that proliferate on the islands. “As long as we don’t even know how many people we have irregularly housed in our destination we will be far from solving the problem,” says San Juan.
On the other hand, it enters fully into the problem of the lack of personnel that grieves the sector, a phenomenon that goes beyond the Balearic Islands. “It is a very serious problem that affects all of Spain,” he says to assert that the salary increase is a key and inevitable element to relieve this problem. «Although it hurts me because It means that the costs upload meI think that an important salary increase is necessary to capture talent again in our sector, ”says Sanjuan in reference to one of the main union claims in the negotiations of the hospitality agreement. «We have to sing a mea guilt in the entire tourism sector and strive to see if salaries are consistent with the needs comparing them with other sectors. It is an important and very necessary sectorial decision: we have to realize that now people work to have well -being, ”he says.
