Tampa hospitality company establishes fund for its laid-off workers
March 21, 2020 - McKibbon Hospitality has established an associate assistance fund in response to the profound impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic to the hospitality industry. The fund is designed to help McKibbon's recently laid-off employees with groceries and other necessities and will provide payments of $200 every two weeks for 90 days beginning on April 3, the company said in an announcement on HospitalityNet. "In the 94 years that McKibbon Hospitality has been in business, we have never endured more challenging times," the announcement said. The Tampa company, which builds, renovates and manages hotel properties and had a portfolio of more than 85 managed hotels in more than 30 cities, completely suspended operations at several hotels and laid off most of its workers.