China's hotel group pilots in-house isolation service to combat epidemic

SHANGHAI -- BTG Homeinns Hotels (Group) Co Ltd one of China's major hotel groups, on Tuesday launched an in-house isolation service in a bid to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) epidemic outbreak.

The service offers enterprises that cannot provide appropriate accommodation a place to settle their employees when they come back to the city who need to undergo in-house isolation for hygiene and safety.

BTG Homeinns has arranged 60 hotels in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin, where many companies hire a lot of employees from other provinces and cities.

There are protective and sterilized items and other necessities offered in each hotel room, and public areas will be fully sterilized. Each guest will enjoy separate meals delivered to their hotel rooms. Garbage will be strictly sorted and sterilized, according to the company. Many such hotels will be available soon, the group said.