Booking.com introduces health and safety feature to make it easier for everyone to book their next staycation again

As Singapore begins to emerge from the pandemic and staycations are now starting to become a possibility after hotels have been given the green light to reopen their doors, health and safety measures will need to be transparently displayed to help set accurate expectations and bring guests additional reassurance as they begin to search and book their next short break or getaway. 

To cater to this need, Booking.com has introduced the health and safety measures feature on its platform. 

The new feature will allow accommodation partners to select the different health and safety measures they are implementing in areas such as hygiene, sanitisation, physical distancing and food safety amongst others. Partners can immediately create a simple and effective checklist to highlight what they are doing to make every guest’s stay safe. This checklist will be displayed on each property’s page on Booking.com in a specially designed ‘health and safety box’, which can be expanded to provide more information.

Through this, travellers can make an informed decision by viewing all the health and safety measures the property is taking and have clear expectations about how they will be protected during their stay. For accommodation partners, this will help visibly reinforce not only the mandatory safe management measures laid down by the authorities but what they’re doing beyond that so guests can feel confident. 

Properties such as Shangri-La Singapore, The Fullerton Singapore and The Barracks Hotel Sentosa by Far East Hospitality have since made use of this feature, along with displaying their SG Clean certification, to additionally show their continued commitment towards their hygiene and sanitation practices. 

Commenting on the initiative, Vikas Bhola, Regional Director South Asia at Booking.com said, “At Booking.com, our utmost concern is for the safety and security of our customers and accommodation partners. As the situation evolves, we continue to update the support we provide, including enhanced transparency to consumers around health and safety information when booking on our platform. By introducing these safety measures we will help set accurate expectations and bring additional peace of mind for travellers when the time is right and they are ready to experience the world again.”