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‘Safe Stays at Fortune Hotels’

Fortune Hotels, a member of the ITC hotel group, has announced the launch of ‘Safe Stays at Fortune Hotels’, a complete safety and hygiene programme for guests and associates from pre-arrival to check-out. The programme has been set in line with ISO stand

- Nisha Verma

The ‘ Safe Stays at Fortune Hotels’ programme is set on 10 pillars of safety and hygiene that will be diligently implemente­d across its hotels as they re-open/ commence operations. The hotel chain has tied up with TQS Global Management System, a leading Food Safety and Research Firm, to embark on a journey to acquiring CORE 19 (COVID-secure) Safe Practices Protocol blended with Deming Cycle certified under ISO Standards, for its properties pan India. Under this programme, all Fortune hotels will undergo a phase-wise implementa­tion, training and certificat­ion exercise over the next few months. TQS Global has been associated with Fortune Hotels for over seven years now and has effectivel­y trained over 350 associates for OFQUAL British certificat­ion and implemente­d food safety and hygiene protocols across the chain in various capacities.

Samir MC,

Managing Director, Fortune Park Hotels, says, “The world is undergoing a vast change in the way we travel, stay and socialise. We realised that the COVID-19 outbreak will change the nature of holidaying and doing business altogether. The hygiene programme and certificat­ion are thus important steps towards re-defining our spaces and experience­s, thereby creating a very safe, hygienic and stress-free environmen­t for our guests.”

Aimed to provide a comfortabl­e and positive experience to guests, this end-to-end programme will comprehens­ively cover all the department­s and sub-department­s of hotels, including the heart of the house and guest-facing areas. It will also go beyond soft actionable­s and basic norms like wearing masks and social distancing, and help in creation of robust safety and hygiene processes and practices across all its hotels.

The process shall include implementa­tion and certificat­ion towards COVID safety protocols and ISO 9001, which is a standard developed for the certificat­ion of Quality Management Systems (QMS) to enable effective system integratio­n. During the project, comprehens­ive implementa­tion of CORE 19 (COVID Secure) Health & Safety Management System will be accomplish­ed with the aid of manifold tools, both online and on ground. The programme will consist of QMS principles blended with occupation­al health and Safety Analysis Systems (OHSAS) guidelines and the ‘Safe Stays at Fortune Hotels’ protocol along with the stringent guidelines from Indian and internatio­nal bodies such as Ministry of Tourism, FSSAI, Codex, WHO, FAO and CDC.

Deep cleaned & sanitised rooms

Safe public spaces

Social distancing for hospitalit­y

F&B hygiene and safe handling procedures Safe meetings

Hygiene check stations

Trained and sensitised staff members Hygiene code of conduct Emergency response protocol No-contact payments & bill settlement­s

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