Hotels are 'scrimping on quality' say suppliers

Three quarters of suppliers working with Middle East hotels believe reduced budgets mean hotels are scrimping on quality.

That was one of the findings of the first Hotelier Middle East Supplier Survey, published in the March issue of Hotelier.

As part of the survey, the respondents were asked to agree or disagree with several statements on the state of the industry.

Forty-eight suppliers responded to this question.

Of these, 75% said they “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that “reduced budgets mean hotels are scrimping on quality”.

Only 2.1% “strongly disagreed” with this statement.

In addition, less than half (45.8%) said they “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that “hotels in the Middle East are improving their services”.

In total, 66 suppliers responded to the Supplier Survey, which was carried out during the month of February, 2010.