Oberoi has always placed the highest emphasis on the safety and wellbeing of their guests with exacting standards of cleanliness and hygiene
With the risks associated with COVID 19, and in keeping with World Health Organization and Ministry of Tourism guidelines, Oberoi have implemented a number of additional measures across their property in Dubai:
- All touch points in public areas like door handles, elevator buttons, counter tops, table tops, railings, etc. are cleaned continuously using a sanitiser/ disinfectant. These practices are also in place in guest rooms during the morning housekeeping service and at turndown in the evening.
- Masks and disposable gloves are being worn by all team members at all times and changed frequently. Housekeeping staff use fresh gloves for every room they service.
- Sprayer with professionally identified chemicals are being used to disinfect the hotel entrances, employee entrances, as well as various public areas.
- For the safety of our guests, rooms will be sanitised after guests check out, kept vacant for 24 hours and then allocated.
- Restaurants and seating in the lobby have been reconfigured to ensure safe distances are maintained between guests.
- Protocols are in place for staff in the kitchens, restaurants, in-room dining, business centres and banquet halls to sanitise their hands every time they serve food or touch food related items.
- Temperature readings of non-resident guests are taken at the entrance of the hotel. Temperature readings of resident guests and team members are also taken once a day.
- Updated and detailed cleaning checklists, including the use of professionally identified chemicals and agents for all areas, including laundry, are being followed and monitored closely.
- All supplies and materials are sanitised before being admitted into the hotel premises
- A guest check-in self-declaration form is in place which covers COVID-19 symptoms. Any guest who indicates these symptoms is required to undergo a medical examination prior to check-in.
- If any of the parameters for the guests or employees are not normal, a medical examination and medical assistance are provided immediately.
- Correctly formulated hand sanitisers are in place in all guest rooms and at all public spaces and include the entrances, lobbies, corridors, business centres, cloak rooms, etc.
- Professional agencies and doctors are on standby for sanitisation of all areas should there be anyone detected with a positive sign of COVID-19.
- Our cars are disinfected after each use, as is luggage, before entering the hotel.
- Detailed Standard Operating Procedures are in place in case of a positive COVID-19 diagnosis where a guest or a colleague needs to be quarantined.
- To ensure all standards and protocols are adhered to, each hotel has a dedicated Hygiene and Safety Manager.
- As safety precaution and to ensure minimum contact during the check-in process all guests requested to share the scanned passport copies prior to their arrival.
Bureau Veritas partnership
Taking this commitment a step further, Oberoi, Dubai partnered with Bureau Veritas, the world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, to validate and review their safety and hygiene programme. Oberoi – award winning hotels continue to be the best and safest option, even more so now than ever before.