The ONOMO Hotels group has partnered with world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, Bureau Veritas, to certify the COVID-19 safety processes implemented in each of its 21 hotels in 12 countries across Africa to ensure the highest levels of protection for guests, employees and partners.
The five ONOMO Hotels in South Africa (Signature Lux by ONOMO Sandton, Signature Lux by ONOMO Cape Town Waterfront, ONOMO Hotel Cape Town – Inn on the Square, Signature Lux by ONOMO Cape Town Foreshore and ONOMO Hotel Durban) will be part of the auditing process to certify their existing World Health Organisation (WHO)-aligned protocols.
Eights of the group’s hotels, ONOMO Hotel Conakry (Guinea), ONOMO Hotel Lomé (Togo) and ONOMO Hotel Dakar (Senegal), ONOMO Hotel Bamako (Mali) , ONOMO Hotel Kigali, ONOMO Hotel Casablanca City Centre, ONOMO Hotel Nouaceur Casablanca Airport and ONOMO Hotel Douala have already successfully completed the evaluation process and been awarded ‘Safeguard’ certification by Bureau Veritas. Valid for 6 months, the continued validity of the certification is subject to unannounced visits for renewal audits to ensure that the properties continue to implement the required practices.
ONOMO Hotel Durban and Signature Lux by ONOMO Sandton are the first South African hotels in the group to return to operation under Level 2, scaling up operations since 1 September and now ready to welcome local and international travellers from countries to which South Africa’s borders are open.
A professional approach and a strict system for healthy and secure hotels
Bureau Veritas deliver solutions that enable companies to control risks, comply with regulations and improve performance. Their review of QHSE (quality, health, safety and environment) management practices ensures the highest global standards are attained – and maintained.
The partnership with ONOMO Hotels will see a comprehensive, multi-stage audit and evaluation process applied across all 21 of the group’s properties, from Morocco to South Africa, to ensure their compliance with international COVID-19 sanitising standards.
The certification process is based on a two-step assessment. The first consists of an audit of the COVID-19 preventative measures guide, developed by the ONOMO HOTELS group in accordance with WHO recommendations for prevention of risk and customer health management. This is followed by an on-site audit to confirm the implementation of the protocols, before granting certification.
“This alliance is a testament to our commitment to offer the best service to our customers and the best working conditions to our employees,” says Cedric Guilleminot, CEO of ONOMO Hotels group. “Benefiting from the expertise of a world leader is the best guarantee for our teams, our partners and our guests and allows us to establish a world-class standard in all our hotels”. Guilleminot says that the Bureau Veritas certification adds an additional layer to the high standard of the COVID-19 safety protocols which were developed and established internally by the ONOMO Hotels Group during lockdown. “Our teams have worked tirelessly across all 21 hotels to design and implement revised sanitary controls – reinforced with state-of-the-art training and internal awareness campaigns – to help combat the spread of COVID-19 and make it safe for our team members and guests to return, with complete peace of mind”.
About ONOMO Hotels
The leading African hotel Group, ONOMO Hotels operates 21 hotels in 12 African countries: Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Mali, Togo, South Africa, Guinea Conakry, Rwanda, Morocco, Cameroon, Tanzania and Mozambique. Followed by the upcoming opening of ONOMO Kampala which will have 134 rooms and suites.
Anchored in a thrilling Africa, the ONOMO Hotels group develops/makes hotels in the heart of Africa by putting Africa at the heart of its hotels. The group shows a firm desire to offer a mid-scale hotel industry that meets international standards while preserving the local spirit of each country and welcomes business and leisure travellers in the best conditions. Stylish hotels in privileged locations, professional and experienced teams, and a friendly atmosphere to create memorable stays, such is the promise of ONOMO Hotels.
ONOMO Hotels vibrates to the rhythms and spirit of Africa. Drawing its sense of hospitality from the history of the continent and offering hospitality by its values, the hotel group makes the Smile, its credo. For its 10th anniversary, the group launched ONOMO Africa’s Finest, a label that showcases African culture, promotes artists from the continent and supports local know-how. Fashion, music, cinema, literature, photography, gastronomy, painting. ONOMO Africa’s Finest is the standard-bearer of the best the continent has to offer.
More information on www.onomohotel.com, or on the group’s social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram).
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in inspection, certification and laboratory testing. Founded in 1828, the Group employs more than 75 000 people in more than 1 500 offices and laboratories around the world. Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve their performance, by offering innovative services and solutions to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations relating to quality, health, safety, protection of environment and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and is part of the Next 20 index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, symbol: BVI.
For more information www.bureauveritas.africa . Also follow us on Twitter (@bureauveritas) and LinkedIn.
