Mini bars, room service and buffets could be gone from hotels post-coronavirus
MINI bars, buffets and room service may be a thing of the past as hotels ramp up their efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Resorts around the world are looking at ways to encourage guests to stay as bookings plummet to worrying lows.
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The hotel is trialling a number of ways to reduce social contact - something they once prided themselves on.
Rudy explained: "We removed minibars, excess hangers, excess linens, we took extra pillows out, so there are four per room, instead of six."
Room service has gone along with buffet service, something Rudy said could be gone even after the pandemic.
Guests who enter the hotel will face a much more arduous process, including temperature checks, welcome kits with PPE equipment, and picnic baskets instead of the breakfast buffet.
Hotels have already been introducing innovative changes long before coronavirus which could become the new norm, such as keyless rooms where guests use their mobile phone instead of a keycard.
It has also long been known that hotel rooms can harbour germs and bacteria due to a lack of cleaning between guests.
Now, communal spaces such as gyms and swimming pools face stricter cleaning methods or even closure, while rooms will be thoroughly disinfected.
Both guests and hotels may be required to have Covid-free certificates to prove they do not have the infection to prevent them from spreading it across the hotel.
Turkey and Greece are just some of the holiday destinations looking to enforce the immunity documents for international travellers to be able to enter the country.
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How this will be implemented is not clear, what with the UK not issuing the documents, but they may be introduced at airports shortly before departure.
Ten minute tests to determine whether passengers have coronavirus have been trialled on an Emirates flight.
Travellers had their blood taken before boarding, with the results taking less than ten minutes.