Hotel management firm launches assistance fund for laid-off workers

Reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, Tampa-based McKibbon Hospitality has had to let go of the majority of its employees.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:30 p.m. March 25, 2020
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Economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has forced McKibbon Hospitality to suspend operations at several hotels and lay off the majority of its employees. Courtesy photo.
Economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has forced McKibbon Hospitality to suspend operations at several hotels and lay off the majority of its employees. Courtesy photo.
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TAMPA — McKibbon Hospitality, a Tampa-based company that operates Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and other hotel properties in nine states, has established a fund that, beginning April 3, will pay its laid-off workers $200 per week for 90 days. 

 

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