emergency management
Thermal Imaging and Its Potential Effect on The Travel and Hospitality Sector
Alan E. Young | April 16, 2020
By Alan Young These days, you can’t help but notice that virtually every COVID-19 news clip has repeatedly depicted a person being screened for fever using some device that looks like it is from Star Trek. The use of the non-contact handheld infra-red thermometer has become, somewhat disturbingly, commonplace. So does this mean our ‘new normal’ will include the frequent practice of our temperatures being monitored via these portable infrared devices wherever we go? Or scarier yet - will it become necessary to scan entire crowds through the use of thermal imaging? Right now, of course, this is only speculation, but signs are pointi...
Driftwood General Managers Offer Tips to Help Hotels Weather Hurricane Season
Driftwood Hospitality Management | July 23, 2018
As 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast; Improves, Driftwood Hospitality Management Urges Hotels to Remain Vigilant and Prepared North Palm Beach, Fla. – July 23, 2018 – Driftwood Hospitality Management (DHM), a North Palm Beach-based hotel management company that operates 51 hotels throughout the United States and Costa Rica, recently surveyed its general managers to gather hurricane preparedness insights in anticipation of the climax of hurricane season. "Unforeseen weather patterns require hotels to remain vigilant when it comes to the safety of guests and associates," said Michael Diaz, chief operating officer for Driftwood...
For the Best Results, Prepare Your Resort for the Worst
November 15, 2017
By Antonio Fungairiño For hotel and resort owners and operators across the Caribbean hurricanes, typhoons and other potential natural disasters are an unavoidable reality – and an essential part of the business equation. In fact, if they are not a core consideration in your operational plans, or if you are not experienced, focused, and relentless in the way that you prepare for them and recover, then your investments - and most importantly your guests - are in critical danger. When it comes to resorts in hurricane-prone locations, particularly beachfront properties, expertly-implemented disaster preparation and recovery pla...
