Carlson Rezidor increases safety certifications

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group now has 120 Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson hotels certified by the Safehotels Alliance across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Many more are scheduled to begin the certification process.

Carlson Rezidor was the first global hotel group to agree to independent third party certification for its safety programme in December 2014. Since then, an average of seven hotels a month have gained certification.

The group says the programme pre-empted the increasing expectation from business travellers that hospitality providers will deliver a safe and secure experience. It says many global clients have already expressed their preference for doing business with Safehotels-certified hotels.

Paul Moxness, vice president, corporate safety and security at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, says: “Safety and security play an increasingly important role for all global businesses. The agreement with Safehotels Alliance allows us to further develop our outstanding safety and security programme and to create additional value for our guests, staff and owners.”

The certification programme covers a wide range of criteria including security equipment, staff awareness and training, fire security and first aid.

Safehotels also evaluates Carlson Rezidor’s existing self-assessment internal hotel security programme through monitoring, reviewing and reporting on the self-assessment hotel database.