Can Hotels Ever Have Enough Cleaning Standards?
Photo Credit: A global commercial building wellness rating aims to give hotel operators a visual to appeal to travelers during the coronavirus recovery. Flickr / Aqua Mechanical
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With an ever-growing array of hotel cleaning programs launched in response to coronavirus, a governing body may be what gives travelers the biggest confidence boost to return to vacationing.
Another day, another cleaning standard for the world hotel industry.
Hotel companies around the world, from Hilton to Four Seasons, partnered with cleaning companies and health institutions in creating heightened health and safety standards analysts say are necessary to give guests the confidence to return to travel. But the International Well Building Institute team behind the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facilities Operations and Management say a third-party source like its own is needed to hold the individual protocols and practices accountable.
"Hospitality’s take on wellness pre-Covid had so much more to do with a more consumer aspect: Working out in the room, or yoga and on-demand offerings on the TV,” IWBI President Rachel Gutter said. “This is a paradigm shift that we’re going to see for hospitality now and how (hotel owners) define wellness.”
The safety rating for the hotel will appear on a seal, most likely posted by the front door, or somewhere on the pro
