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Valpas Hotels
The new sign of the most trustworthy hoteliers
T
hanks to a new technology and a
revolutionary service concept, Valpas
Hotels are introducing a new class of
most trustworthy hotels in the world. Hotels
that are safe of bed bugs.
Customers choose a hotel based on trust.
Fifty years ago a big brand name like Hilton
did the trick: it provided a mental shortcut
for a trustworthy stay. Today, the world is
a different place and trustworthiness is
driven mostly by other things: online reviews,
pictures and visual appearance, overall
reputation - and small details in between.
However, there’s one thing that has
decreased people’s trust over any hotel stay:
bed bugs. Bed bugs have spread throughout
the world and today everybody knows no
place is safe. They come and go on people’s
Roni Saari, owner and general manager of Hotel F6, Finland’s #1 hotel on Tripadvisor, was one of the first
hoteliers to become a member of Valpas Hotels.
belongings, tag along from anywhere where
people spend time - an airplane, a cab, an member for their stay now in seven European valpashotels.com to the hotels own website
airbnb, a five-star hotel room, or even your cities and travel and sleep there with a peace for more organic bookings. The hotel has also
local Apple store - and end up attacking of mind. recently won Hotels.com’s “Loved by Guests
people, leaving them both physically and
mentally harmed.
Today, everybody understands all spaces
In doing so, Valpas Hotels eliminates the
2018” by Booking.com, as well as Tripadvisor’s
hotels for the benefit of both. “Travellers’ Choice 2019” award.
”We belong to Valpas Hotels because we
are open to them. That’s why people cannot
fully trust even the best hotels to be safe
Award 2019” (9.8/10), “Guest Review Award
existing trust gap between travellers and
Valpas Hotels work with the best
care about our customers. It’s a win-win – both
of bed bugs. To compensate this trust gap, hoteliers - members have an average for the hotel and our customers”, says F6’s
travellers have changed their behaviour guest rating of 9.0 on Booking.com owner Roni Saari.
Guests seem to prefer to book with a
during the last few years. Today, 34 % of
guests check their beds for bed bugs before
Hotels that join the Valpas Hotels member
Valpas Hotel member compared to a regular
they settle in their hotel room. Further, even network have increased their revenue and hotel: 71% of guests who’ve stayed at a member
before booking with a hotel, people read avoided any damage to reputation. Just hotel have a strong preference to book with
reviews and if there’s even a mention of a bed like the #1 hotel of Finland on Tripadvisor, another Valpas Hotels member for their next
bug review - no matter if it’s true or false - 56 boutique hotel the F6 in Helsinki. stay (98% have a general preference).
% choose another hotel. Most importantly,
The hotel has an international client base
To meet this guest demand, Valpas
public concern has reached a point where and has been a member for a year. During Hotels’ goal is to build its global network into
any bites inside a hotel room - until otherwise this time, the F6 has been introduced twice all key cities around the world by the end of
proven - are thought of as bed bug bites. with bed bugs and both instances have been 2020. That’s why the company for now limits
prevented. The old way of finding problems the number of hotels they work with per city
remain exposed to incoming bed bugs. Today, and then remediating them is a thing of the or region. Valpas Hotels is launching in the UK
with Valpas Hotels, every hotel can be safe. past. Guests are kept safe and rooms clean during Summer 2019.
Before, hoteliers haven’t had a choice but to
Valpas Hotels is the only company in the
world that introduces a new class of most
and operational around the clock.
The hotel’s 66 rooms have also been
Contact Valpas Hotels:
trustworthy hotels that are safe of bed bugs. running at higher occupancy and higher Timo Tuomi, Account Executive
The company makes existing hotels safe of margins. Valpas Hotels has connected more Tel. +358408380287
bed bugs with their new patented technology. business and leisure clients googling for Email: [email protected]
Travellers can then choose a Valpas Hotels safe stays with the F6, redirecting them from www.valpashotels.com/forhotels
May 2019
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