15/12/2004
Among a great number of researches, a recent study was issued by the Crises and Disasters Research Unit at the Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University. The research is written by Dr. Zakaria Yehia Afifi, and it is on the crisis management of touristic disasters: a case study on Sheraton Heliopolis Hotel fire. This incident led to the burning of an infrastructure worth 847 million pounds which is the cost of rebuilding the hotel after it stopped its operations. ( Available in Arabic )
Among a great number of researches, a recent study was issued by the Crises and Disasters Research Unit at the Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University. The research is written by Dr. Zakaria Yehia Afifi, and it is on the crisis management of touristic disasters: a case study on Sheraton Heliopolis Hotel fire. This incident led to the burning of an infrastructure worth 847 million pounds which is the cost of rebuilding the hotel after it stopped its operations (238 million pounds) in addition to the lost benefits for the eight years when the hotel was not functioning. Learnt lessons from this tragic incident should be very much taken into consideration for all individuals and for the facility in its administration as a whole. This should also be taken into consideration at the State level and its authorities and in the minds of the ones involved in the facilities protection and the people in charge of monitoring the validity of such measures.