February 2022
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping, festivals and outdoor events
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping, festivals and outdoor events
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GLAMPSITES<br />
Safe, Clean & Legal<br />
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Post pandemic, Quality in Tourism’s Safe, Clean & Legal certification is more relevant than ever<br />
CONSUMERS OFTEN assume that any<br />
property they stay in is safe and compliant.<br />
In reality, this may not be the case,<br />
particularly with the boom of the internet<br />
and the rise of glamping. Our assessors<br />
are the enforcers of legal standards for the<br />
industry, ensuring that businesses have the<br />
correct documentation and checks in place,<br />
from fire safety to food safety, confirming<br />
that the accommodation meets or exceeds<br />
minimum standards.<br />
Our checks are annual, robust and<br />
objective, rather than personal opinion. It’s<br />
this impartiality that makes the scheme so<br />
strong.<br />
What’s more, in the post-pandemic world<br />
of travel, nearly 80% of potential guests<br />
expect any accommodation provider that<br />
they book with to have an independent<br />
accreditation of their standards, and 64%<br />
expect the accreditation to include an<br />
independent inspection. That makes Safe,<br />
“THE ACCREDITATION WORKS FOR ANY BUSINESS LOOKING<br />
TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO STANDARDS,<br />
REASSURING POTENTIAL GUESTS THAT YOU HAVE<br />
APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN<br />
INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY”<br />
Clean & Legal more relevant than ever to the<br />
industry.<br />
Who is Safe, Clean & Legal suitable for?<br />
The accreditation is suitable for hospitality<br />
operators and accommodation providers,<br />
who want to provide guests with<br />
reassurance of standards, but for whom<br />
quality (star) ratings may not be relevant<br />
or applicable. The accreditation works<br />
for any business looking to demonstrate<br />
their commitment to standards, reassuring<br />
potential guests that you have appropriate<br />
standards and that they have been<br />
inspected by an independent third party.<br />
The scheme has been reviewed by<br />
Cornwall Council under Quality in Tourism’s<br />
Primary Authority partnership. This means<br />
that for local authorities across the country<br />
there is a system in place where properties<br />
that are advertising on shared economy<br />
platforms such as Airbnb or HomeAway can<br />
apply to be assessed under the Safe, Clean &<br />
Legal scheme. Accreditation will help to give<br />
confidence in the policies and procedures<br />
under which those accommodation<br />
providers are operating, with the aim of<br />
raising levels of compliance within that area.<br />
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