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Madagascar
Filatex moves into hotel business

The Covid-19 pandemic has failed to deter the Filatex conglomerate, one of Madagascar's biggest economic players, from diving into tourism. It has already built two hotels, but has never managed such establishments. [...]

Published on 14/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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