Sandals receives CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Award

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has awarded all 19 Sandals Resorts its Healthier Safer Tourism (HST) travellers’ health assurance award for implementing proactive health measures in Tourism; as well as Sandals Resorts International (SRI) overall as a Healthier Safer Tourism Destination.

This landmark, first of its kind achievement, solidifies SRI’s leadership and partnership with CARPHA for healthier, safer tourism, to protect the health and well-being of both visitor and local populations in the Caribbean.

The HST plaques were presented by Dr. Lisa Indar, Executive Director of CARPHA, on July 9th at Sandals Montego Bay at “Celebrating Excellence in Healthier and Safer Tourism” -an award ceremony dedicated to recognizing individuals who have advanced tourism health and safety across SRI’s resorts.

Each Sandal resort satisfied the key HST Award requirements by registering and actively reporting through CARPHA’s confidential Tourism and Health Information System (THiS) and by ensuring that at least 10 percent of key frontline staff completed the certified training in the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in the Hospitality Sector, with over 1,500 persons trained across all properties.

In the photo

Seen here, from l to r, are Keston Daniel, Visitor-Based Surveillance Coordinator, CARPHA, Jeremy Jones, Regional Managing Director, Sandals Resorts International (SRI), Dr. Lisa Indar, Executive Director, CARPHA and Gavin Palmer, Corporate Manager of Environment, Health and Safety, SRI.