Could THIS be one of Britain’s quarantine hotels? West London three-star offers government its rooms for traveller forced to spend 10 days in isolation
- Government is in the process of reserving thousands of rooms for passengers
- St Giles Hotel’s site near Heathrow could be among those chosen to host people
- Chief executive Abigail Tan said ‘we are ready’ to support Government’s plan
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A hotel chain says its rooms are ready to host travellers as part of the Government’s delayed quarantine scheme.
Ministers are scrambling to reserve 28,000 rooms across the UK to accommodate those arriving from red list countries for 11 nights.
Earlier today the Government defended another 10-day delay to the start of the scheme.
But St Giles Hotels says its site near Heathrow Airport can be ‘quickly scaled up’ for the new programme.
St Giles Hotels says its site near London Heathrow Airport could be ready very quickly
Safety precautions such as hand sanitiser is laid out in the three-star ready for guests
Seals have been added to doors of rooms at the hotel in readiness for people’s stay
Chief executive Abigail Tan said: ‘We are ready to support the Government’s quarantine programme here at St Giles Heathrow, and do our part to allow for safe travel during these unprecedented times.’
And Jojean Porte, regional director of operations at St Giles Hotels, added: ‘We have already done a very thorough risk assessment in accordance with WHO protocols and the UK Government guidelines.
“We just have to really upscale the number of rooms as soon as we get some updates from the Government.
“But we are ready. The hygiene protocols, the cleaning procedures, the staff training – we are there.”
Andreia Neves, guest service manager, prepares a room at the St Giles Hotel in Feltham, west London
The lobby has been clearly set out for…
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