Overview
- The operator GCH Hotel-Gruppe set the closure for 31 January without giving reasons.
- Mayor Sven Schulze said the city cannot run the property and warned the search for solutions will be difficult.
- He met staff and held a confidential exchange with the property's owner, identified in reports as Aroundtown SA.
- The works council is negotiating a social plan for about 40 employees, while the NGG union pledges to fight the shutdown.
- Two ground-floor shops will keep trading, and locals plan a Sunday evening protest featuring a light-chain outside the hotel.