PROTECT-A-BED
Johan Bosman, director of international sales, and Sandra DiVito, VP of hospitality, and healthcare, explain why sleep hygiene is essential knowledge for an efficient hotel operation
Describe your company and when it was established?
Used by hotels worldwide, Protect-A-Bed is the leading supplier of bedding protection products to the hospitality industry and is dedicated to educating hoteliers on the importance of providing a healthy sleep zone for their guests.
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Protect-A-Bed is corporately located in Wheeling, IL United States with a global footprint in 40 countries.
With over 33 years of experience in bedding protection, Protect-A-Bed is recognised as a worldwide leader in mattress protection innovation. Protect-A-Bed products create a dry, hygienic, anti-allergy and bed bug-free sleep zone while also protecting the mattress warranty.
What are your core products and services for the hospitality industry?
For hotel guests who are chronic allergy sufferers, there is no better solution than a mattress and box spring encasement. Protect-A-Bed’s AllerZipSmooth anti-allergy bedding features complete protection from allergens such as dust, dust mites, dead skin, mold, pet dander and pollen.
AllerZip Smooth mattress and pillow encasements offer six-sided, cool, quiet, comfortable, air vapour porous water proofing and complete bed bug entry, exit, and bite proof on all surfaces along with our patented Bug Lock and Secure Seal to assure protection.
The BugLock Plus encasement is bed bug entry and escape proof on all six sides and also bite proof and waterproof on the top surface. The Basic Protector offers waterproof protection for the top surface of the mattress at an economical price point.
What is your value proposition to the hotel industry?
As awareness of sleep environment hygiene grows — along with the importance of sustainability and the threat of bed bug infestations — hotel owners and operators are becoming increasingly convinced of the need to protect mattresses and pillows against fluids, dust mites, and bed bugs.
A mattress represents a considerable financial investment, worthy of protection against spills, mishaps and premature deterioration. Developed through extensive scientific research and development, Protect-A-Bed’s line-up of bedding protectors provide an effective, comfortable sleep environment for hotel guests.
Hoteliers save cleaning and labour costs by protecting their assets from human damage and stains. The very first time a mattress is protected from a human accident or careless behaviour, the encasement has paid for itself. By ensuring mattress hygiene, encasements position the mattress for recycling at the end of their life cycle, which contributes to the hotel’s sustainability objectives.
What are the unique features of Protect-A-Bed products?
Protect-A-Bed developed Miracle Membrane, a proprietary membrane, which is waterproof, air vapour porous and protects against liquids and bodily fluids that may ruin a mattress or inhibit a mattress’ warranty claim, and patented BugLock with SecureSeal and three-sided zipper system for encasements. Protect-A-Bed products are listed as Class 1 Medical Devices with the Food and Drug Administration, and have received the Good Housekeeping Seal.
Has there been any recent news?
After five years of research, testing and processing, Protect-A-Bed’s AllerZip Smooth mattress and pillow encasements are the first waterproof bedding encasement products to become certified by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. This certification is particularly important to hotel owners and operators and hospitality guests who require an allergy-friendly sleep environment. Hoteliers will realise peace of mind knowing that the guest experience they are providing meets the highest standards of hygiene available.
What do you offer hotels above and beyond expectation?
Protect-A-Bed is proud to be an educator and advocate to the hospitality industry, sponsoring several educational webinars and seminars, publishing and distributing brochures and posters that support asset protection and hygiene, and early pest detection. Protect-A-Bed has published and distributed over 1.5 million ‘Bed Bug 101’ posters educating housekeeping departments on the subject.
Tel : +1 224 927 2038
Email : hotels@protectabed.com
Web : www.protectabed.com
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