Hotel Byblos in Mijas closes its doors

Hotel Byblos in Mijas closes its doors: "Hotel Byblos in Mijas Costa is to close its doors at the end of the month. The five-star, 144 room hotel, where numerous noted personalities from the Rolling Stones to Princess Diana have stayed as guests since it opened in 1986, is owned by the Aifos real estate group which is under bankruptcy protection. The closure sees the loss of 114 jobs and was announced by the Secretary General of the UGT union Federation for Tourism in Málaga, José Antonio Sedano. He explained that the Employment Council of the Junta gave the go-ahead for the closure which will now be ratified by the judge in Mercantile Court 1. The staff will receive a redundancy payment of 20 days pay if they have worked for greater than a year, and this will be paid by the FOGASA wage assure fund."