Hotel & Restaurant Sector

The ‘new normal’ in Dalata Hotels will include face masks

The Irish Times – 28.05.2020

What will the “new normal” look like in hotels, post the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions? Pat McCann, Chief Executive of Dalata Hotels, the country’s largest hotel chain, gave a sneak preview on Wednesday in a message to staff and customers. “Before you arrive at our hotels, you will have the option of checking in online, so all you have to do is collect your bedroom key from our screened reception desk. Online check-out will also be an option.Strict protocols on lift usage will be displayed on each floor” when you go to access your bedrooms. Bedroom doors will have a seal on them that will break on entering, indicating that a room has been cleaned. We will fog the room with a special device that deals very effectively with viruses and other air and surface contaminants. This device is used in clean room technology throughout the pharmaceutical sector and in some hospitals. There will be food and beverage options via room service and the main restaurants, with “protocols in place”.

Bord Bia publishes white paper that charts possible scenarios for foodservice sector for remainder of 2020

Hospitality Ireland - 28.05.2020

In response to the impact that COVID-19 has had on the foodservice industry and the knock-on effect on food and drink producers and suppliers in Ireland, Bord Bia has published a White Paper that charts possible scenarios for the remainder of 2020 as the industry moves to a phased re-opening in a transformed operating environment. The White Paper, which was co-authored by global foodservice research specialists Technomic, takes market values as published by Bord Bia for 2019 into account to outline possible scenarios, and has made forecasts based on current industry reporting and research, and recent announcements and interviews with restaurants, distributors and other associations along with economic forecasts for the remainder of 2020.