Magdalena workers see sale as chance for fresh start

GEISHA KOWES­SAR ALON­ZO

Af­ter years of mount­ing loss­es, de­te­ri­o­rat­ing fa­cil­i­ties, man­age­ment up­heaval and re­peat­ed at­tempts to turn around op­er­a­tions that have left the once-pre­mier To­ba­go re­sort a shad­ow of its for­mer self, work­ers at the Mag­dale­na Grand Beach & Golf Re­sort say a sale of the state-owned prop­er­ty may fi­nal­ly of­fer the fresh start the ho­tel des­per­ate­ly needs.

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The calls come as the Gov­ern­ment is re­port­ed­ly ex­plor­ing op­tions for the re­sort, in­clud­ing pos­si­ble di­vest­ment, amid wider ef­forts to re­duce loss­es at un­der­per­form­ing state en­ter­pris­es.