Luxury hotels reopening tomorrow will turn away guests if they fail temperature checks as part of efforts to combat coronavirus. Most UK hotels were closed when the coronavirus lockdown was introduced on March 23, with only those providing accommodation for key workers allowed to continue operating. Staff will not carry out temperature checks, but new safety standards include putting seals on bedroom doors to show no-one has entered rooms after they have been cleaned. These can all be expected for guests checking in at UK hotels this weekend, but there are even more dramatic changes being looked at on the continent. Aaron Murray, Assistant Front Office Manager, at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast, prepares to reopen to guestsStephen Meldrum General Manager of the new Grand Central Hotel in Belfast stands near the socially distanced tables and chairsGuests at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast will be met with signs reminding them to observe social distancingCustomers have already returned to Belfast's Grand Central Hotel, which general manager Stephen Meldrum said had remained functioning through lockdown for key workers.

Source: Daily Mail July 03, 2020 14:33 UTC