Hygiene and safety have emerged as the most significant factors that customers consider while booking a hotel. Thus, with a commitment towards health and hygiene, we have launched ‘goSafe’, a program designed to provide a safe and clean stay experience for customers. Hotels that are issued the ‘goSafe’ stamp are certified as hygiene and safety compliant, after successfully completing the review.
Physical Review by Global 3rd Party Firm
A physical review of the participating hotel is performed every 90 days to verify compliance with specific safety and hygiene standards.
The hotel needs to fulfill a predefined safety and hygiene checklist with 50+ points (Safety & Hygiene Standards), based on the advisory of WHO and Government of India guidelines.
Physical Review is carried out at each property.
Hygienic Rooms
Sanitized Indoors
Well-Trained Staff
Regular cleaning and disinfection of guest rooms with bleach solution or phenolic disinfectants.
Disinfection of high-touch surfaces like furniture, light switches and door handles using an alcohol solution with minimum 70% concentration.
Cleaning of washroom touch-points with soap water and detergent.
Change of room linen once in two days or only on the request of the guests.
Availability of additional face masks and gloves on request for all guests.
Temperature screening of all guests to be carried out at the entry point.
Social distancing protocols to be followed at the reception and waiting areas.
Common areas like swimming pools and gyms to be accessible only as per Government guidelines.
Safety status of the guests in the Aarogya Setu app to be recorded along with recent travel history.
Regular sanitization of common areas (reception, elevator, lobby etc.) to be carried out using Government approved phenolic disinfectants or bleach solution.
Hand sanitizers to be made available for the safety of guests in all common areas.
Staff to be equipped with hand gloves and face masks during all interactions with the guests.
Housekeeping and cleaning staff to wash hands before and after room cleaning.
Regular staff training on hand hygiene, social distancing, and respiratory etiquette.
Social distancing to be practiced at all times, at the entrance, reception area, lobby, elevators, and all other common areas.
Temperature check at least once a day for staff. Any staff member with high temperature not to be permitted in hotel premises.
Terms & Conditions
GI has put in place a program called “goSafe” (“the Program”) covering safety and hygiene practices adopted by the hotels listed on GI portal (“Participating Hotels”). The Program has been developed based on the leading industry practices. As part of the Program, certain standards and procedures (“Standards”) need to be followed by the Participating Hotels in order to continue to be classified as “GoSafe – Safe and Hygienic Stays” (“Classification”). The Participating Hotels have formally entered into an agreement to implement the Program and are responsible to ensure adherence to the same.
GI has put in necessary systems/processes to oversee this Program and its implementation and compliance across the Participating Hotels. As a part of the above-mentioned process, GI has engaged an independent professional firm of a global repute (“Independent Firm”) to carry out a check at the Participating Hotels once in 90 days and report status, based on the visual observations, on compliance as per a predefined checklist to assist GI in reviewing adherence to certain elements/aspects of the Program. The Independent Firm is not involved in the design or review of the Program or for checking or validating the completeness, adequacy and accuracy of the Program or the checklist. The Independent Firm will rely upon the information, representations and explanations provided by Participating Hotels, in carrying out its surprise checks.
The Standards are an assurance claim by every Participating Hotel for the safety and hygiene practices it follows. The Classification of Participating Hotels is done at the sole request of the Participating Hotels pursuant to the successful review of its compliance with the Standards.
GI will display the Standards and Classification on the GI portal against the listing of the Participating Hotels successfully completing the review.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the responsibility of:
Complying with the Standards will remain solely with the Participating Hotel. Neither GI nor Independent Firm assume any responsibility or liability to ensure adherence of the Standards by the Participating Hotel;
Carrying out the review will remain solely with the Independent Firm. GI does not assume any responsibility or liability in the conduct or outcome of the review. GI will not verify the contents or accuracy of any observations shared by Independent Firm.
If the customer is not satisfied with the Standards maintained by the Participating Hotel and if he believes that the Participating Hotel isn’t complying with the Standards, then the customer should raise a complaint directly with the Participating Hotel and seek redressal from the Participating Hotel only. GI/ Independent Firm will not be liable to compensate the customer in any of the situations as mentioned above.
GI has the right to, without any obligation of issuing prior notice to the Participating Hotel or to the customer:
Remove the Classification for a Participating Hotel if GI has reasons to believe that the Participating Hotel doesn’t meet the Standards in letter and spirit, or at the request of Participating Hotel, or at the discretion of GI without assigning any reasons thereof;
Change the terms of the Standards to make them best suitable and relevant for the needs of the customers, or to meet any legal requirements;
Suspend or cease any such classification of Hotels on the basis of the Standards.
The terms of the User Agreement and the Privacy Policy will continue to apply in addition to the Standards.
GI/Independent Firm shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential, or incidental losses incurred by the customer who have made a booking placing reliance on the Classification. As explained above, the recourse of the customer will lie only with the Participating Hotel.