Katrina Minnis of Hyatt Regency Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award

SKOKIE, Ill.,   UMF Corporation these days introduced the recipient of the company's first annual Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award, which acknowledges the contributions of visitor room attendants (GRAs) at resorts throughout the United States. Katrina Minnis, a GRA at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, is the recipient of this year's award, which celebrates the employees who serve as the first line of protection in making sure a protected inn environment.

"At Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, the security and protection of our friends and colleagues are pinnacle priorities," stated Chris Carter, director of operations, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. "Ms. Minnis has served as a core section of our group all through this difficult year. She volunteered to return to work as the resort remained open to guide friends staying at the motel whilst they had been making ready and helping an choice care facility that used to be constructed at McCormick Place for COVID-19 response. She is such a deserving recipient of this honor."

According to the CDC, one of the pinnacle 5 suggestions for stopping the unfold of COVID-19 is to generally easy and disinfect often touched surfaces. And, the American Hotel and Lodging Association's (AHLA's) Stay Safe program, launched in response to the pandemic, is "focused on more advantageous resort cleansing practices, protected social interactions, and place of work protocols to meet the new fitness and protection challenges and expectations introduced through COVID-19." Housekeeping team of workers are vital to these initiatives.

"Hospitality housekeeping departments can be taken for granted, however they play an necessary position in preserving lodge environments safe," stated UMF CEO George Clarke. "We are overjoyed to well known their worthwhile contributions with our first annual Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award. Ms. Minnis gave her time and understanding at the onset of the pandemic to make certain the easiest degrees of security and health for all, mainly these on the the front strains of the combat in opposition to COVID-19, and is the personification of GRA excellence."

Cleaning and disinfection are in the highlight extra than ever as the world fights COVID-19. In hospitality, this has expanded the work of housekeeping departments, which are adopting hospital-grade contamination prevention programs. GRAs such as Ms. Minnis play a integral section in visitor delight and security as the enterprise copes with this new normal.

As this year's recipient, Ms. Minnis will get hold of an all-expenses paid day out for two, such as airfare to a vicinity of her desire inside the forty eight contiguous states, or the money equivalent.