Atlantis cuts 70 jobs, Jumeirah to reduce staff

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JOBS CUT: Seventy jobs have been lost at luxury hotel Atlantis while the Jumeirah Group is also looking at reducing staff numbers.

Luxury Dubai hotel Atlantis, which opened last year with a $20 million party, has announced that 70 staff have lost their jobs.

When it opened in September, the $1.5 billion resort had 1,600 staff from 45 countries and said it was looking to increase that to 3,500 employees this year.

“Many of the reductions were based on performance during the employees’ probation period and none of the reductions have or will affect the direct guest experience,” the hotel said in a statement published by UAE daily The National on Tuesday.

In November, the Atlantis hotel and resort in the Bahamas laid off about 800 workers amid the global economic slowdown.

And Dubai-based Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts, which manages the Burj Al Arab hotel and employs about 11,500 people, has also said it was looking to reduce its staff numbers.

“Jumeirah’s management met today to set up a restructuring plan, which is a process that will take place at the group and corporate level,” a spokesman from Jumeirah Group told the paper.

“The company expects that the number of staff will be reduced, which reflects the current economic conditions.”

The group declined to say how many jobs would be lost.

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