Covid hasn’t left the front pages since it arrived on the world stage in January 2020. There are so many key issues; impacts on travel and trade, vaccine development, surging case numbers, public health responses and economic fallout. New highly transmissible variants are causing a lot of alarm. Now there is a U.S. requirement for travellers on international flights to present a negative test before boarding their flight. This poses a problem for people trying to get tested overseas.
Going above and beyond, Hyatt has announced it would offer free Covid-19 testing at 19 of its resorts across Mexico, the Caribbean and South America.
This service aligns with Hyatt’s purpose to ‘care for people so they can be their best’. It falls under the banner of safety first, wellbeing always. Along with mask-wearing and social distancing, Hyatt will now offer ‘complimentary on-property testing’.
Apparently other hotel chains will offer the same. It’s great to see hospitality and tourism sectors looking at ways to support their guests, because let’s face it, that industry got slammed by Covid-19. And with some many changes to manage in day-to-day life, people need a holiday more than ever.
Now there’s more than complimentary snacks and wi-fi on the menu. There’s complimentary testing.