{"id":411182,"date":"2011-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/feature-hotel-safety-tips\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"feature-hotel-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/feature-hotel-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Hotel safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hotel is an essential place which strangers and other visitors especially cannot do away with. It is an integral component of our tourist industry and one important enquiry tourists often make is about hotel accommodation and how safe hotels are for occupancy or check-in.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding measures and assurances of protection of life and valuables, there are cases of murder, harm and threat of harm, break-ins, and stealing, in and outside hotel rooms. These are uncommon, though.<\/p>\n

Some of the security lapses in our hotels can be put squarely on the heads of security authorities and others on the laxity of guests. As a guest, you are your first point of safety and, therefore, when you check into a hotel or an inn, why not ensure that you secure everything of yours from the claws of the bad guys?<\/p>\n

Most often, these bad guys tend to be our own employees, especially the house keepers. So management before recruitment ought to do thorough security check on the job of their kind of surveillance and monitoring of staff behaviour and movement.<\/p>\n

Do the background checks on these young guys and ladies you employ. They can embarrass you as records show that some do pilfer valuables of guests.<\/p>\n

Also get dedicated with uncompromising security to monitor the activities of intruders, employees and suspicious and doubtful guests.<\/p>\n

What about the responsibility of the guest in terms of safety?<\/p>\n

As a guest or room occupant, remember that anyone can be assaulted, stolen or even murdered in his or her hotel room. It is important that you do not let anyone in your room, either by forgetting to lock up properly, or by actually opening the door to strangers.<\/p>\n

Here are a few tips whilst in your room.<\/strong><\/p>\n