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MEASURES FOR INTEGRATING HEALTH AND HYGIENE PROTOCOLS INTO COMPANY CULTURE Follow up to innovative health and safety protocols released throughout 2020
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he World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), has released major guidelines focusing on how private sector organisations may seek to implement health and hygiene protocols throughout their organisations and thereby improve public confidence in the Travel & Tourism sector. 14
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The guidelines are a follow up to the health and safety protocols WTTC released in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following the signing of a memorandum of collaboration with IOSH. The Safe Travels protocols were designed to rebuild confidence among consumers so they may travel safely once restrictions are lifted. They provide consistency to destinations
and countries as well as guidance to travellers about the approach to health and hygiene in the post COVID-19 world. As organisations within Travel & Tourism aim to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic which has battered the sector, rebuilding consumer confidence through health and hygiene protocols in all operations has emerged as one of the biggest priorities for
