Following the publication here, the Minister of Tourism, Joel Rezbozov, announced that he had transferred to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel the amount of accommodation he received in the suite during his stay at the luxury hotel in Jerusalem.
In the evening news here 11 it was revealed yesterday that the Minister of Tourism, Joel Rezbozov, was staying in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem and was upgraded at the hotel’s expense. Minister Rezbozov, who is in charge of the hotels, claims he did not know about the upgrade. The original price of the suite used by the minister – more than a thousand dollars a night.
First publication: Minister of Tourism Rezbozov was hosted at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, paid for regular accommodation – and was upgraded several times at the hotel’s expense, to a room costing more than a thousand dollars a night#Evening News @shemeshmicha pic.twitter.com/9s3VM6m1Os
– News here (@kann_news) December 12, 2021
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel says that “Minister Rozbozov has stayed at the hotel since its reopening in March until today only twice. The Ministry of Tourism has funded the minister’s stay according to agreements the hotel has with government ministries. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has upgraded the minister to other important guests. “Four levels below the presidential suite. The hotel upgrades guests at its discretion and does so frequently.”
The minister’s entourage explains that the prices during the corona period were cheaper, and his office said: “The ministry reserves a regular room for the minister. What is allowed and forbidden is the hospitality of civil servants. “