Committed to Caring:

Guest Chamber

• Housekeeping is disinfecting highly touched areas including, telephones, door handles, bathroom faucets and shower handles; television remote control, thermostat, light switches and electrical plugs before and after guest(s) arrive and/or depart.
• Housekeeping will use mask and gloves while in chambers.
• Ice machine handles are frequently disinfected.
• Disinfecting television screens and knobs.
• Placing travel size hand sanitizers in all the Chambers for hotel guest.
• Housekeeping spraying and disinfecting with Clorox® Total 360® System
• In addition to enhancing our hygiene protocols, hotel teammates are also completing COVID-19 awareness training.
• Housekeeping service is available upon request only.

Lobby Area

• Entrance doors of the hotel are frequently being cleaned and disinfected.
• Hand sanitizers are located throughout the hotel for all visitors.
• Front desk teammates are washing hands frequently, utilizing hand sanitizer and wiping down desk and areas often touched, especially iPads and room keys.
• Lobby furniture including arms of all chairs regularly wiped and cleaned.

Valet

• Hotel luggage carts are sanitized regularly.
• Guest(s) vehicles are now being disinfected: steering wheel, door handles and driver seat.
• Vehicles keys will be disinfected prior to giving back to guest.
• Valet teammates will use hand sanitizer and gloves.

Public Restrooms

• We’ve increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfecting of door handles.
• Garbage bins are regularly wiped down.
• Disinfecting high-touched surfaces.

Meeting & Event Venues

• Hand sanitizer station are located throughout ballroom area for all guests.
• Doors and light switches are cleaned and disinfected repeatedly.
• All tables and chairs are disinfected before and after being used for meetings.
• Floors and carpets are regularly vacuumed and steamed.
• Tablecloth and podium are wiped and disinfected before and after use.

Restaurants & Bars

• All entrance areas and door handles will be cleaned and sanitized.
• The Host(ess) stand will be cleaned and disinfected regularly.
• All telephones, computers, iPads and menus will be disinfected frequently.
• Where appropriate, disposable menus will be used.
• All furniture, including tables, chairs, and pool deck furniture, are regularly wiped and disinfected.
• Coffee machines in our coffee shops are wiped and disinfected every hour.
• Eliminate shared carafes of milk and creamer instead we will customize every order.
• Personal or refillable mugs will no longer be accepted.
• In the back of house, hand sanitizer stations are found at each dishwashing machine.
• Glove usage is reinforced and disinfecting wipes are available for all teammates.
• Cooks, Chefs, Stewards and all teammates are required to wash hands and sanitize thoroughly before putting gloves on.
• Teammates disinfect the handles on the dishwasher machine before and after usage.
• Chefs and cooks disinfect workstations before and after their shift.
• All workstations and high touch surfaces, such as stoves, ovens, etc. are cleaned and disinfected regularly.
• Stewards must wash hands, disinfect and put on new gloves after touching the garbage, after sweeping and after mopping floors.

Fitness Center

• We’ve amplified the disinfecting of all gym equipment.
• Fitness center will be cleaned 3 times per day and checked hourly to disinfect equipment and high touch point areas.
• Disinfectant gym wipes and hand sanitizers are available for guest use.
• Fitness center will be deep cleaned using electrostatic sprayer and appropriate disinfectant on a nightly basis.
• Single use individual cups are used with water dispenser.
• All teammates disinfecting and cleaning the fitness center are wearing gloves while grabbing the garbage cans and towels.
• All highly touched counters are wiped and disinfected regularly.

Heart Of House

• We’ve amplified all hygiene in areas that our teammates work (aka: behind the scene); focusing and ensuring linen closet and door handles are frequently disinfected.
• Hand sanitizers are located throughout Virgin Hotels back of house for all teammates to have access.
• Teammates screened daily before shifts.
• All shared workstations, computers and telephone are now cleaned and disinfected often.

Guest Lines
Any area where guests line up will be clearly marked for appropriate physical distancing. This includes our reception & lobby areas, Funny Library Coffee Shop, host(ess) stands and dining venues.

Restaurants & Bars
Will have reduced seating capacities to allow for a minimum of six feet between each group of guests. All buffet-style banquets are suspended until further notice and food and beverage items will be individually plated and served. We have eliminated paper menus and guests will be able to access them through a QR code on their mobile device that will be provided to them. Seating groups will be limited to the amounts that local and state governments have mandated.

Pool Decks
Pool deck seating will be clearly marked to provide for at least six feet of separation between groups of guests.

Guest Chambers/Housekeeping
Room attendants will not service a chamber when the guest is physically present.

Fitness Center
Increase space between equipment or block off close equipment to ensure proper social distancing

Technology
By downloading Virgin Hotels App “Lucy” guests can minimize interaction with hotel teammates and have a touch free experience. Order room service, minibar on demand, check out, thermostat settings, remote television controls, and many other guest requests all from your own mobile device.