If qualified employees can’t be found, the hotels must increase salaries to attract candidates from other industries such as restaurants, banks and insurance companies.

[Hotel owners] are expecting certain people to try and create problems for Hong Kong and these people have said they will be present, uninvited.

We may see low-category hotels going out of business, but we need them because they primarily serve the mainland market, which is generally price- inflexible.

When a hotel is open, it’s open for business.