Business View Caribbean | September 2022

71 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 PAPAGAYO BEACH RESORT months.” He adds, “We are a very financially sound company. We had to close completely for three and a half months because there were no planes coming into Curacao; we were completely without guests during this time. We made the decision however that we would not have employees laid off, only have the bidding system. So from the 300 total staff that we had, at the end of the pandemic we still had 230 left.” While only 20 percent of the Papagayo staff were lost during COVID, the challenge for the executive team has been to hire back skilled staff, as hiring has become more difficult post-pandemic. Slier admits, “We had to get back all the people who left and we are not the only ones hiring, so up until now this has represented a huge challenge.” Along with ongoing renovation projects in | mcb-bank.com | MCB Curaçao Maduro & Curiel’s Bank is a proud partner of Papagayo Beach Resort. MCB is the largest commercial Bank in the Dutch Caribbean and oers a wide variety of services from personal and business banking, online and mobile banking, credit cards, investments and loans. No matter what your bankingneeds or howyouwant tobank,MCBoers banking at your convenience. We look forward to serving you. 4091_MCB_Ad_BusinessReview.indd 1 29/09/2022 15:17