Unlock 1.0: Hospitality gets ready with new codes, more focus on hygiene

While new SOPs framed around government mandates are in work, eateries may be harder pressed to make them work

As operators in the hospitality sector scramble to get their back-end operations ready to service customers and guests, most see the government directives to open for business by 8th June as a welcome move for a sector that has seen sharp contraction in the last two months.

Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and CEO of IHCL and President of the Hotel Association of India says that the government signal to open doors is a positive. The industry overall, has been working on several safety and hygiene measures and those are key to gaining customer confidence," he said.

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