What is your emergency action plan? Today, hotels need to consider what steps to take against the present threats, regardless of their probability. (Global update: security checklist).

Hotels, May, 2003 by Chin, Jimmy

Because hotel security has become such a top-of-mind issue among operators and guests alike, HOTELS magazine has enlisted the help of security expert Jimmy Chin, director of risk management at The Peninsula New York, to write a series of articles outlining the necessary procedures to put in place at your hotel in case of emergency. This first article focuses on defining the steps to prepare an emergency action plan. In the months ahead, Chin will provide detailed information about how to implement each of the steps outlined below.

With the current climate of potential terrorist attacks every hotel should have an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) in place. This EAP should outline a list of detailed procedures for dealing with varied catastrophic event scenarios. Most...

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