Marina d'Or workers have moved between "concern" and "disbelief" since the Marina d'Or S.L. hotels company. will inform them of its intention to carry out a "collective dismissal procedure for organizational, productive and economic reasons" at the Oropesa del Mar and Vila-real work centers. The negotiation began on February 1, but it was yesterday when both CCOO-PV and UGT-PV issued a joint statement to explain the situation that affects 76 employees, all permanent discontinued employees.
The social agents are studying the reports and documentation prepared by the company management and are awaiting the Inspection report following the proposal of the new business groups that acquired the Hoteles Marina d'Or, SL complex last November. The parties involved claim that the losses amount to 100 million euros and must be addressed now.
For this reason, they recognize that "the expectation" of said acquisition was high, since "it seemed that it would bring good times to the workers who have already had four ERTE and that, with this, it would be the second ERE since the beginning of the pandemic due to "COVID."
The unions allude to the economic results to contextualize the situation, since although they recognize that recovering from the pandemic was difficult, in 2023 business figures increased in the sector "to the point of practically reaching numbers like those of 2019 ".
Already during the celebration of Fitur, when the company presented the relaunch project to the Valencian authorities, the company presented to the staff representatives an ERE affecting 77% of the hiring of ordinary permanent employees, 7% of the total Template. The largest percentage of the current workforce is permanent, discontinuous hires, the remaining 93%.
The new project delves into a different tourism concept for the Castellón resort, with "innovative thematic experiences", which seeks to position Magic World as "a national and international benchmark within European holiday complexes", according to its promoters in a statement. . For this, the company announced that it would invest 40 million euros.
Grupo Fuertes and Magic Costa Blanca, which announced in Fitur that they already had 5,000 reservations in their pre-sale, will open the center in May, ready for the new high season. Their proposal is that of a "completely renovated, more attractive and modern" tourist resort.
The relaunched space will be a large complex based on the theming of hotels that "will aim to offer fun and relaxation for the whole family with pioneering elements and experiences such as large water parks, sports simulators and state-of-the-art entertainment." "Its objective is to help deseasonalize tourism, enhancing the destination and the entire economy of the area."
