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BUREAU VERITAS AND DALATA HOTEL GROUP: NAVIGATING A SAFE RESTART
Jun. 12 2020
Bureau Veritas is supporting Dalata Hotel Group, Ireland’s largest hotel operator, across its Clayton, Maldron & Partner brand hotels’ to provide independent assurance of safety and compliance as it works towards reopening all sites across the UK and Ireland.
Dalata, like other businesses across all sectors, has put in place a series of measures to help reduce risk and ensure a safe restart of business following the COVID-19 shutdowns. It is the latest organisation to enlist the support of the Bureau Veritas team for our Restart Your Business solution, providing voluntary, independent assurance in line with best practice measures.
Working closely with the team from Dalata Hotel Group, Bureau Veritas will undertake management level system assessments, together with individual site assessments of 44 hotels across the UK and Ireland.
Audits cover a wide range of measures to help ensure the safety of staff and customers for all hotels, from COVID-19 policies, procedures and communication, to social distancing measures, hygiene, Personal Protective Equipment and remote worker assessments. Building and equipment compliance is also covered, including HVAC and air circulation, equipment risk and water/Legionella risk in buildings which have been closed to the public.
Stephen McNally, Deputy CEO for Dalata Hotel Group said: “We are pleased to work with Bureau Veritas who provide an excellent independent accreditation for all our Health and Safety protocols. Bureau Veritas are world leaders in testing, inspection and certification. We at Dalata Hotel Group are doing everything possible to protect the Health and Safety of all our guests, employees and suppliers.”
Victoria Shah, sector lead hospitality for Bureau Veritas said: “This is the latest demonstration of how our Restart Your Business solution is supporting organisations in navigating a safe return to work following the COVID-19 shutdowns.
“Working in partnership with the team from Dalata, we look forward to independently assessing management procedures and individual site procedures, providing assurance to staff, customers and other stakeholders.
“With individual certificates of assurance for each site and full traceability thanks to our new online platform, Dalata staff, customers and stakeholders can have increased confidence in the safety and compliance of its post COVID-19 operations.”