Ashotel asks Marichal to remain as president regardless of accusations

The executive committee of Ashotel has asked its president, Jorge Marichal, to remain in office considering that his sentence to two years in prison for tax fraud "is a strictly private matter and shouldn’t reflect on his work for the association." According to Ashotel in a statement, Marichal explained to the members of the committee in an urgent meeting yesterday "the details" of the sentence from the Criminal Court from July 8th 2019, ratified by the Provincial Court, on "a particular case that strictly affects his person".

At the end of his presentation, he put his position at the disposal of the committee and withdrew from the meeting so that they could deliberate, and they agreed to express their "unanimous support" to the president of Ashotel, who is also the president of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT), and asked for his continuity in the position.

The Ashotel committee said in a statement that “they endorse Marichal because of his leadership, training, passion, ability, dedication and desire that he has dedicated to the Tenerife employers since his first election in November 2011.”