Hotel Sogo is now ready to leap into the new normal

Sogo So Safe logo

Almost 2 months, the Philippines was under enhanced community quarantine and a lot of businesses, jobs and people affected by this devastating pandemic that hit the world. Recently, the Philippine government announced that some business and establishments can slowly back to normal to selected area. Good news that Hotel Sogo, the leading hotel chain in the Philippines is now ready to leap into the new normal as part of its So Clean, So Good, So Safe campaign under the Sogo Safe Program that aims to secure the safety of its employees and guests.

Hotel Sogo follows government health guidelines and ensures all their guests are safe and they will be provided an excellent service.

I. Backgrounder
• Hotel Sogo continuously implements precautionary measures such as temperature checking upon entering the hotel, placement of alcohol and hand sanitizers in common areas, and information dissemination on COVID-19 since December 2019.
• Enhanced cleaning and sanitation are also been applied in all its branches.

Enhanced Hotel Protocols

II. Corporate Social Responsibility (Sogo Cares Program)
• Hotel Sogo is the first to provide free room accommodations that served as a temporary shelter to healthcare workers and frontliners
• A total of P80-million worth of donation or more than 800 room accommodations were given to healthcare workers, OFWs, and seafarers repatriates for free
• This is in coordination with 10 city mayors and 31 hospitals in the country

III. New Normal Features
• At Hotel
1. Uniforms of the hotel staff are redesigned to incorporate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personalized PPEs

2. Temperature screening and disinfection mats upon entering the hotel

3. Social distancing in the front desk

4. Installation of the protective acrylic glass panel in the front desk
5. Social distancing with markers and limit of persons in elevators

6. Hand Sanitizers in common areas
7. Contactless hotel features (doors and elevators)
8. UVC light treatment is also modified in elevator consoles,  door handles,  keycard
cases, cash register, and food preparation

UVC Disinfection Light

9. Use of UVC disinfection light array cart in cleaning and disinfection of rooms and bathrooms. Studies show that the use of UVC, with wavelengths between 200 and 270 nanometres (nm), can kill microbes, germs, bacteria, and viruses. This has been adopted since the use of UVC is done in recent years and is also used in disinfecting hospitals as UVC kills pathogens and microorganisms.
10. Constant disinfection in all amenities is also implemented
11. No-contact facilities from lobby doors to toilet fixtures thru installing foot door opener and foot-controlled dispenser.

No-Contact Features

12. Hotel Sogo has created newly designed giveaways for guests such as no contact keys and sanitizers. The no-contact key serves as a tool in touching common objects like door handles, elevator buttons, and ATMs.

Giveaways

13. Hotel Sogo Mobile app is also up for contact tracing.

Mobile App

• At Corporate Office
1. Temperature checks upon entering the office.
2. Hand sanitizers in common areas.
3. Limit to the number of people using the elevator.
4. Social distancing in the workplace and in crowded areas like the canteen.
5. Provision of multivitamins to employees.

Hoping that everything will be back to normal soon and staying at home for 2 months is totally a different thing. I'm one of the excited individual that so eager to stay and relax at Hotel Sogo.

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WEBSITE:
http://www.hotelsogo.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/HotelSogoOfficialPage/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hotelsogo/

TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/hotelsogo

YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialHotelSogo



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