Over the past few years the levels of bed bug activity in Hotels in the UK has steadily increased. This pattern of activity is set to continue for the foreseeable future.
Bed bugs can be incredibly destructive in terms of a hoteliers reputations. Our systems of detection and management have been designed specifically to manage and mitigate these risks. Although our core area of business is the detection and management of bed bug infestations, our scope of activity encompasses a diverse range of services to protect our clients reputation and limit their liability if the worst happens.
In today's social media age disgruntled guest choose to report activity on sites such as Tripadviser rather than raise their concerns with the site manager. For this reason we have invested heavily in an online reputation management system that alerts us to any postings or articles concerning our clients. This enables us to inform clients of any forum traffic regarding them and offer advice on management of these postings.
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Why employ Dogs to detect Bed bugs?
Bed bug sniffing dogs are trained to work for food, toys and love, not profits. Bed bug detecting canines can search a standard hotel room in minutes with pin-point accuracy. A dogs’ odour image is significantly more complex than a human’s perception of photographs. They have been employed successfully to detect mold, termites, drugs, arson components even counterfeit DVDs. Use of bed bug detecting canines has been acknowledged in courts around the world as an effective tool.
In the USA scent detection dogs are acknowledge by the courts as scientific instruments. Bed bug dogs are accurate over 90% of the time and identify bed bug harborage in walls, under floors and other inaccessible areas. Humans are traditionally limited to visual inspections rearing accurate results 30% of the time. Humans can take up to 20 minutes per room performing visual examinations compared to minutes for a dog.
All of our dogs are trained specifically for the unique scent profile of live bed bugs. None of our dogs have ever been trained for other disciplines like drug or explosives detection or search and rescue. Our handlers are simultaneously put through a rigorous exercise with carefully selected animals. Our unique training regime is performed daily without fail. We are in a unique position in Europe being the only company with sufficient trained animals to allow us to remove dogs from service without effecting service to our clients.
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