CHLA Lodging News May/June 2020

24 CALIFORNIA LODGING NEWS  www.calodging.com   continued Breakfast Buffet breakfast may be a thing of the past. Most hotels that have remained open already went to prepackaged and easy-to-go food like yogurts and muffins, etc. Do you have the space to remove half your tables, so everyone has the state mandated social distance between them? When someone gets up from eating breakfast, is your staff immediately wiping the tables and chairs down? Again, this might be a great place to have a disinfecting station available with wipes for people to use for themselves. In the past, have you had large qualities of silverware out where people are touching many when grabbing one? Consider providing utensils pre-wrapped in napkins or provide disposables prewrapped plastic or green silverware packets. Do you have a self-serve beverage area in your breakfast area? Are there handles to pour yourself juice or coffee? Are those being cleaned regularly? What about individually wrapped handy wipes, so when a guess is ready to sit down and eat, they can disinfect their hands at the very last moment?