“UNION OF TOURIST OPERATORS OF ARMENIA” MAKES DECISION TO BOYCOTT YEREVAN HOTEL “EUROPE”

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1. ARMINFO. The “Union of Tourist Operators of Armenia”
at a general assembly of tourist organizations included in it made
a decision to boycott Yerevan Hotel “Europe.”

The union informs ARMINFO that Hotel “Europe” uses the unstable
situation with the AMD/USD exchange rate and speculates on it, waging
a wrong price policy proceeding from the exchange rate of 500 AMD per 1
USD, which does not correspond to the rate established by the Armenian
Central Bank. Factually, it means artificial rise in prices during the
tourist season by some 10-15%, which is groundless and inadmissible. In
the course of the meetings of the Union representatives and the hotel’s
leadership, several attempts were made to explain that the approach
is groundless and inadmissible in the tourist business. However,
the leadership of the Hotel “Europe” (Director N.Tataryan) expressed
unwillingness to listen to the opinion of experts. Hence, the Union
made a decision to unilaterally stop the relations with the above
hotel up to resumption of new negotiations and proposals by the
Hotel’s owners.

It should be noted that the “Union of Tourist Operators of Armenia”
was registered in December 2002 and unites 12 tourist companies, which
have distinguished themselves as serious organizations in the native
tourist market: “Intur,” “Armenia Travel + M,” “Armen tour Travel,”
“Sputnik,” “Tatyans Travel,””Avarayr,” “Menua Tour,” “Levon Travel,”
and others.