{"id":258017,"date":"2020-06-14T05:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=258017"},"modified":"2020-06-14T05:21:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:21:33","slug":"dot-welcomes-partial-operations-of-hotel-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/14\/dot-welcomes-partial-operations-of-hotel-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT welcomes partial operations of hotel restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258018\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/architecture-ceiling-chairs-chandeliers-262047-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puyat said a composite team comprised of members from DOT, DTI and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall conduct inspections to monitor compliance by the establishments. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomes the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases&#8217; (IATF-EID) approval of the Department of Trade and Industry&#8217;s (DTI) recommendation to allow the partial dine-in operations of restaurants in localities under general community quarantine (GCQ).<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat reminded restaurants inside hotels and other accommodation establishments that they may operate on June 15 (Monday) provided they strictly observe the 30-percent seating capacity limit for dine-in customers, and the safety measures and protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Puyat said a composite team comprised of members from DOT, DTI and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall conduct inspections to monitor compliance by the establishments.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the DOT is working together with the DTI and Talino Venture Labs to provide digital solutions, free of charge for DOT-accredited businesses to help them meet the technological demands of the new normal.<\/p>\n<p>The IATF-EID has adopted Talino Venture&#8217;s SafePass, a Covid -19 prevention and incident management platform for all business establishments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We introduced these digital solutions free of charge for DOT-accredited restaurants in their transition to the new normal. Innovation is key to effectively implement and maintain health and safety protocols in their premises,&#8221; Puyat said. &#8220;We can bounce back from our economic losses through our collective effort to ensure the health and safety of both employees and customers as more businesses gradually operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Puyat reiterated that application for DOT accreditation is free, and can be done online.<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link for the full text of the DOT&#8217;s Interim Guidelines for Applications for Accreditation (https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ybrd7wsa).\u00a0<em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomes the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases&#8217; (IATF-EID) approval of the Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":258018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258019,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258017\/revisions\/258019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}