Are hotel chains doing enough to protect customers during the pandemic?

It's not the 1,000 thread-count sheets, the blissful spa or white-glove service that hotels are advertising these days.

It's that... they're clean.

Shannon: IT'S NOT THE THOUSANDTHREAD COUNT SHEETS OR BLISSFULSPA OR HOTEL SERVICE THAT HOTELSARE ADVERTISING THESE DAYS.IT'S THAT THAT THEY ARE CLEAN.HILTON HAS A NEW MARKETINGCAMPAIGN CALLED CLEAN STATHERE ARE VERY GOOD REASONS FORTHE NEW COMMITMENT TO HYGIENE --ONE, HOTELS HAVE TO CONVINCEPEOPLE IT'S SAFE TO STAY THEREAGAIN.HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN THE U.S. FORTHE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1ST WAS40%.A C.D.C.

STUDY FOUND THECORONAVIRUS IN HOTEL ROOMS.A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THEUPCOMING SEPTEMBER ISSUE --LOOKED AT HOTEL ROOMS OF TWOPEOPLE WHO TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.IN MONDAY, TWO CHINESE STUDENTSSTUDYING ABROAD RETURNED TOCHINA AND PUT IN A EMPTY HOTELFOR QUARANTINE.ON THE SECOND DAY, BOTH TESTEDPOSITIVE AND WERE HOSPITALIZEDFOR TREATMENT.TESTS WERE DONE ON THE SURFACEIN HIGH-TOUCH SPOTS IN BOTHHOTEL ROOMS AFTER THEY LEFT.OF THE 22 SAMPLES TAKEN, 36%TESTED POSITIVE FOR THECORONAVIRUS.THE HEAVIEST VIRAL LOAD WASFOUND ON THE PILLOWCASE ANDSHEETS.YOU CAN SEE WHY HOTELS AREBEEFING UP AND BRAGGING ABOUTTHEIR CLEANING PROGRAMS.WE LOOKED AT CLEANING PROGRAMSFOR SEVEN MAJOR HOTEL GROUPSTHAT ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHY 80% OFHOTEL GROUPS.THEY ALL CLAIM TO BE CLEANING ALOT MORE.MOST HAVE TOUCHLESS OR NEARLYTOUCHLESS CHECK-INS.THEY CLAIM STAFF HAS BEENTRAINED IN CLEANING.CHOICE HOTELS HAS A DESIGNATEDCOMMITMENT TO CLEAN CAPTAIN ATEACH PROPERLY.HYATT A WELL BEING AND HIGH ENDLEADER.MANY HAVE GONE TO PREPAID FOODOPTIONS AND KNOCK AND DROP ROOMSERVICE.NICE WORK HOTELS ON THECLEANING.SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE BEEN DOINGTHIS ALL ALONG WOMAN THEQUESTION AT HA, ARE THESEMEASURES ENOUGH.ALL THESE THINGS HELP.MORE CLEANING IS BETTER.THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE YOU CANGET COVID FROM TOUCHING THESURFACE THAT HAS THE VIRUS ON ITAND THEN TOUCHING YOUR FACE.HOTELS IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WESHOULDN'T GO IF WE ARE SICK ANDSHOULD WASH OUR HANDS A LOT ANDWEAR MASKS AND STAY AWAY FROMOTHERS.WILL YOU BE STAYING IN A HOTELANYTIME SOON?