COVID-safe venues
Clean slate
A fresh wave of hygiene and safety guidelines are being introduced across Australian venues to ensure they’re ready to welcome events back again soon.
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enues right across Australia have been making use of their downtime in events to overhaul their hygiene and safety protocol in line with new COVID-safe guidelines. While each state and territory follows their respective protocols, the four main pillars are the same: physical distancing, hygiene, cleaning and contact tracing. Across the 64 venues within the Village Roadshow Theme Parks (VRTP) portfolio, COVID safety is the top priority as the Queensland properties begin welcoming event delegates back. “All our venues, outdoor and indoor, are open for conferences and events across VRTP, including all conference rooms and accommodation at Sea World Resort,”says VRTP head of conferences and events Caroline Duveau-Clayton. “Since restrictions eased in June we have been hosting conferences and 28 Spice Spring 2020
events and we are well and truly ready to welcome groups.” The venues are working in line with the Queensland Government’s COVID Safe Business Framework to ensure the safety and wellbeing of guests and team members. “This plan includes maintaining social distancing, heightened cleaning and operational standards to ensure cleanliness and thorough sanitisation in all our venues and team training,” says Duveau-Clayton. Meanwhile on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas has also been revisiting and elevating its hygiene protocols under Accor’s new ALLSAFE label. The new initiative provides validation of enhanced cleaning standards, team member training, food safety standards and new guest physical distancing measures.
ABOVE: Aerial view of Sea World Resort BELOW: Sea World Resort, a Village Roadshow Theme Park