Radisson Hotel Group

The group has partnered with certification company SGS to create a 10-step protocol for meetings and events spaces in its worldwide locations. Guests will have their personal belongings safely handled in designated areas, while stationary items will be placed in a “disinfect box” after events. Further features include:

• Sanitising stations

• Increased cleaning and disinfection

• Improved air circulation processes

• Door hangings detailing the cleaning and disinfection information

• Frequent cleaning and disinfection of coffee machines A hotel event manager will also be on hand to assist with requests via a device. The protocols are adapted to local requirements and recommendations based on the location of the hotel.

Radisson has also partnered with communication platform Zoom to facilitate virtual and hybrid meetings.

Tim Cordon, Area Senior Vice President Middle East & Africa, Radisson Hotel Group, says hybrid solutions are not only convenient, but provide “a great opportunity for any organisation to progress its sustainability mission, as the carbon footprint is greatly reduced without completely eliminating true human connection”.

Helping guests to stage hybrid meetings also ties in with Radisson’s Responsible Business Strategy, which aims to reduce the company’s carbon and water footprint by 10 per cent until 2022. Radisson Meetings has also forged a global partnership with First Climate, one of the world’s largest carbon offset organisations, to achieve a 100 per cent carbon neutral meetings goal. By automatically offsetting the carbon footprint for every single meeting and event taking place at its hotels, Radisson Hotel Group already offsets more than 38,300 CO2e-tones annually, which is the equivalent of taking 8,300 cars off the road per year. Encouraging meeting planners to support the cause and make sustainability a part of their meeting, Radisson says it aims to be “the brand of choice for sustainability minded and environment friendly meetings.”