Esta situação é
absolutamente escandalosa na perpectiva do contribuinte. A Booking, através da
sua actividade só contribuiu para uma espiral especulativa do Imobiliário e da
crise da habitação para os habitantes locais. O Municipal de Amsterdão há muito
tempo que luta contra a Booking e a Airbnb que fogem a impostos e que não
disponibilizam dados e informação afim de poderem ser fiscalizados. Agora,
estes campeões da ‘treta’ e da mentira da ‘economia de partilha’, vêm pedir apoio ao Estado, ou seja ao dinheiro
dos contribuintes para poderem salvar-se e sustentar as legiões de ‘ex-pats’
que trabalham para eles !?!...
OVOODOCORVO
Booking.com applies for help to pay salaries, is
grateful for support
BusinessCorona
April 16, 2020
Booking.com,
until recently one of the most profitable companies in the Netherlands, has
asked for government support as the number of bookings plunges to 15% of those
of a year ago, according to the Volkskrant and the Financieele Dagblad. The
company has asked for help to pay its 5,500 workers in the Netherlands and 48
customer service staff who were still in their probationary period have been
let go as the impact of coronavirus on tourism continues to bite, the
Volkskrant said. The company is a major employer in Amsterdam with a IT
workforce comprising 80 different nationalities. According to the VK, the
average salary at the Dutch operation is €47,000 a year. Shares The FD points
out that the application for support to pay staff follows a major share
buy-back programme in 2019. The company has also borrowed $4bn on the capital markets
in recent weeks. In the prospectus, the FD says, Booking.com said it has
sufficient liquidity to last until the end of 2021. The company, founded in
Enschede in 1996 and since taken over by US giant Priceline, booked net profit
of $4.9bn last year. Booking told the FD in a statement that it is grateful for
the government support, which has enabled it to prevent redundancies and to
meet short term financing requirements. DutchNews.nl has contacted Booking.com
for comment.
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