Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels is gearing up for the post-COVID-19 recovery phase and reopening of its resorts with a SAFE PLACE label which the hotel group has developed for its eight hotels in Mauritius.
The initiative stems from a partnership with LIBA, an international bioanalytical laboratory that already carries out regular unannounced food safety and room hygiene audits, accompanied with sampling and testing, across all Beachcomber hotels. These audits from now on will include certain additional control measures.
The hotel is committed to providing its guests, staff, contractors and visitors a safe and healthy environment. The SAFE PLACE accreditation aims to better reassure guests of all health, hygiene, safety and environmental requirements in place while meeting changing needs, especially against the backdrop of the COVID-19 health crisis.
The label includes health checks for all hotel staff, the presence of an infirmary within the hotel with a nurse or a doctor on call, ongoing training programmes on preventive health measures for all Beachcomber staff, the application of a cleaning and disinfection protocol in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations, including specific procedures with particular attention to cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces in rooms coupled with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PCR tests.
To better reassure guests, layout of the restaurants? tables and chairs will be reviewed to promote adequate social distancing and ? la carte service will be prioritised over self-service buffets. Furthermore, guests will be required to take a shower before a spa treatment and a limited number of them will be allowed at any one time in the resorts? fitness centres, studios and classes.
Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels? CEO, Gilbert Espitalier-No?l said: ?Our responsibility is to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our guests and staff. This labelling scheme, developed in conjunction with LIBA, will enable us to welcome our hotel guests and teams in the best of conditions and ensure their health and safety are adequately taken care of. It is clear that health and safety requisites will be of the greatest importance when choosing a hotel and holiday destination in the future.?
The SAFE PLACE certification builds upon a set of health and safety measures that are already in place in the Group?s hotels.
