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IHG Hotels & Resorts Thanks Essential Workers with Surprise Trips, Exclusive Experiences
ATLANTA—Since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic early in 2020, we’ve relied on doctors, nurses, grocery store clerks, nonprofit workers and other essential workers more than ever. They have kept our communities healthy, fed, sheltered and safe while having to take additional precautions to look after their own wellbeing. As a company committed to True Hospitality, IHG Hotels & Resorts has spent the last few months recognizing and celebrating these people to say “Thank You” for their work.
Catherine Dolton, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, IHG Hotels & Resorts, said: “We issued a call for nominations of workers who went...
Former Carlyle CFO John Harris Joins NanoTouch Materials
FOREST, VA.—NanoTouch Materials, a leading provider of self-cleaning surfaces that transform dirty, high-traffic touchpoints into continuously self-cleaning surfaces, announced that John Harris, former Carlyle Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, has joined the firm as an investor and senior advisor.
From 1997 to 2007, Harris served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Carlyle, a global private equity firm based in Washington, D.C., that currently manages more than $200 billion in assets. A partner of the firm and member of the firm’s Management Committee and Operating Committee, he also served as Managing Director and Senior Advisor from 2008 to...
Raycop GO Ultra Portable Vacuum Uses UVC Light To Kill Viruses
SAN RAMON, CALIF.—As travelers, workers and students begin to adapt to changing COVID restrictions, the need for portable sanitization increases. According to the MMGY Travel Intelligence Team, even during this global pandemic, 42 percent of U.S. business and leisure travelers are likely to take a trip in the next six months. The new Raycop GO is the industry’s first portable UVC vacuum that uses UVC light to eradicate 99.99 percent of bacteria and viruses. It is an easy-to-use, go-anywhere, sanitizing, portable vacuum and UVC light appliance. The new RAYCOP GO is designed to enhance safety during and after the COVID pandemic with...
Support Grows for Hotel Industry’s Safe Stay
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Support for the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AHLA) Safe Stay initiative continues to grow with endorsements coming from leading scientists, physicians and public health experts in epidemiology and infectious disease.
The new endorsements come from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Association for Linen Management which represents the personnel involved in the textile care industry, as well as a certified industrial hygienist and former infectious diseases epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Murray Cohen. Safe Stay is an industry-wide initiative focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social interactions, and workplace protocols to meet the new health and safety challenges and...
Global Wellness Summit Shows Why ‘Hybrid’ Model Is Powerful New Direction for Conferences
MIAMI—The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the annual gathering of international leaders in the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy, has received rave reviews for its first-ever hybrid event, which promises to be a new model for conferences. Notable as one of the first U.S. meetings to take place both in person and virtually, the hybrid “Safe Summit” was held at The Breakers Palm Beach from November 8 to 11, and attracted 100+ in-person delegates and 500+ highly engaged virtual attendees.
“We knew the only way to host a Summit this year was to create a new model for how a conference can...
SpectraKill RTU Approved for EPA List N—Effective Against Covid-19
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.—SpectraShield Technologies LLC, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based disinfection company, has received notice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the company’s SpectraKill RTU disinfectant has been approved for inclusion on the EPA’s List N: Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19). SpectraKill RTU’s inclusion on List N comes after successful third-party lab testing against Human Coronavirus.
SpectraKill RTU is a rare disinfectant that combines broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria, viruses, mold, and mildew, yet is biodegradable, low in toxicity and corrosion and is Certified Green by the Green Cleaning Institute.
Most disinfectants kill organisms by poisoning them to death. This poisoning effect is why...
What an Adventure These Two Weeks Have Been
What an adventure the past couple of weeks have been for all of us—with news developments impacting our industry dramatically—a new president who immediately announced a new COVID-19 advisory task force, the news that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective, yet day upon day of records for new virus cases that are certainly keeping travelers from wanting to travel to hotels in those hot spots. Without getting political here, please keep up the mask wearing, the hand washing, the social distancing, and require those of your guests.
I dropped my son off at his after-care program...
WTTC: U.S. Looks Set to Lose 9.2 Million Jobs in 2020 Due to COVID-19 & Travel Restrictions
LONDON—A staggering 9.2 million jobs could be lost in the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector in 2020 if barriers to global travel remain in place, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) revealed.
The new figure comes from WTTC’s latest economic modelling, which looks at the punishing impact of COVID-19 and travel restrictions on the Travel & Tourism sector.
According to the latest data, 7.2 million jobs in the United States have been impacted. If there is no immediate alleviation of restrictions on international travel, as many as 9.2 million jobs—more than half of all jobs supported by the sector in...
AEX Named U.S./Canada Distributor of AiroDoctor Purification System
CHICAGO—Chicago-based company AEX Technology Solutions LLC, a leader in innovative business technology, announces the launch of the AiroDoctor photocatalytic UVA LED air purification system for the United States and Canada.
“We are extremely excited to bring AiroDoctor to North America,” says Vishal Goyal, Co-founder of AEX Technology. “Despite the significant increase in the demand for air purifiers, many of the units on the market are consumer-grade only yet are being used in commercial settings. AiroDoctor is a scientifically tested and cost-effective solution specifically designed for commercial environments, providing significantly cleaner air and a sense of comfort to you, your colleagues,...
American Cleancoating Launches Anti-Germ Coating for Hospitality
BENSALEM, PA.—American CleanCoating Company announced that it is now offering its exclusive, XTI-360 nanocoating technology to the hospitality industry. With this focus on the hospitality sector, XTI-360 hopes to play a part in helping companies deliver peace of mind to guests eager to meet, dine, socialize, and stay at their facilities, as well as to their employees. The company kicked off its hospitality sector XTI-360 launch in late October at Connect Marketplace, one of the nation’s largest gatherings of planners, suppliers, and experts across the Meetings and Events industry. The company also provided the attendees with its StaClean brand...