Grand Hyatt Singapore was the first Singapore hotel to receive an "SG Clean" stamp. — Photo by Hyatt

Ask hotels to name their competitive edge, the tricolon "location, location, location" is the hackneyed response. It no longer applies. Cleanliness has become one of the three most important factors in the road to recovery and in the future. And this is changing practices.

HotelPlanner, which provides group hotel rates to any type of groups, believes that cleaning and disinfectant policies and procedures will become a legal contract item.

"I see contracts including clauses about room and meeting space cleaning," said chief operating officer Bruce Rosenberg. "For meeting spaces large and small, the current standard nightly clean-up will have to be reviewed and re-defined."

Typically at large hotels and event centers, this refers to deploying highly experienced personnel, maintaining public spaces, room refreshes at specific times, highlighting the use of environment-friendly products and pre/post cleaning of aisles in a trade show. "I can see event planners getting into more detail in all of these areas," said Rosenberg.

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