Check Safety First has partnered with JohnsonDiversey Consulting, part of Diversey Inc, leading supplier of hygiene and cleaning systems, to support the hotel industry in managing the issue of health and safety. JohnsonDiversey Consulting has licensed Check Safety First's risk management audit system, E-Cristal, and will target hotels with this solution.

Starting in Turkey, JohnsonDiversey Consulting will assist hotels in standardising, managing and improving standards of health and safety via the E-Cristal system. It will be able to offer a range of services, including general safety, swimming pool safety, Legionella control, fire safety, as well as E-Cristal's central food safety solution. JohnsonDiversey Consulting will also carry out monthly ad-hoc audits on hotels to support this solution.

"This is a very exciting collaboration for us," explains Werner Linders, Food Safety Leader EMA at JohnsonDiversey Consulting. "As a market leader in the hygiene and cleaning systems we are always looking for innovative solutions to enhance the service we provide our customers. E-Cristal clearly supports this aim."

The JohnsonDiversey consultants who will carry out the hotel inspections have undergone an intensive training course, with Check Safety First.

"Over the last 15 years, Check Safety First has built up a reputation of extremely high standards," comments Steve Tate, chairman at Check Safety First. "It is essential that these standards are transferred to the JohnsonDiversey Consulting team, which is why we have invested a lot of time in training. For us we see the partnership as an extension of our company and we look forward to an exciting future."

The next phase of the partnership will involve JohnsonDiversey Consulting making this service available to the Portugal hotel sector. Once a hotel working with JohnsonDiversey Consulting has successfully demonstrated and maintained a high standard of health and safety it will be listed on the consumer website www.checksafetyfirst.com.

About Check Safety First

Check Safety First supplies health and safety risk management audit systems to hotels, holiday properties and restaurants around the world.

The company enables these organisations to meet and exceed local and international legislative and best practice requirements for health and safety, through the implementation of HACCP and compliance management systems. Check Safety First also offers training, ongoing assessment and appraisals in accordance with the Cristal Mark, a standard developed in line with World Health Organisation's guidelines and the benchmark for food safety since its launch in 1997.

In November 2007 the company launched Via Cristal, a health and safety system developed specifically for overseas holiday properties. Based on the best practice principles of the Cristal Mark, Via Cristal enables property owners to mitigate the risk of guests becoming unwell or injured during their time in the accommodation by providing comprehensive health and safety guidelines backed by annual audits.

All hotels and holiday homes that meet the company's stringent criteria are listed on www.checksafetyfirst.com, the only resource which provides the travelling public with access to a database of venues that have obtained health and safety excellence.

Check Safety First is a member of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's 'Know Before You Go' campaign and an ABTA Travel partner. The company's global network is headquartered at The Wine Warehouse, The Back, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HH, UK.

Hannah Humphreys
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