The Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte in Viareggio is the first hotel in Italy to have obtained for the two Michelin star restaurant “Il Piccolo Principe” and for the Breakfast Room the Environmental Health Standard Certification, issued by Kiwa.
Certification goes beyond the ordinary concepts of sanitizing environments and surfaces, because it requires companies that intend to certify one or more environments, the adoption of a new management method, and to work with an approach based on performance results verified by third parties. An innovative certification scheme whose main focus is to ensure healthy and safe environments over time according to the ST-SAL-AMB Standard.
The Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte has involved Maddalena Piscopo, the first and only Manager of the Health of the Environments, to take care of the hotel business, a new professional figure with the responsibility of guaranteeing quality standards in the field of health and hygiene safety, defined in the Healthcare Standard over time. Environmental. There are only 11 MSA holders. Maddalena Piscopo, for thirty years in the hotel sector, in 2020 obtained the new qualification as certified professional “MSA_ Manager for the health of the environment” according to the Personnel Certification Management System developed by Kiwa Cermet Italia in compliance with the ISO / IEC 17024 standard.
The finish line crossed for the first time in Italy by the Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte will be sealed on Wednesday 4 August at 11.30 at the hotel with an official ceremony for the delivery of the Certificate of Healthiness of the Environments in the presence of the Mayor of the city of Viareggio Giorgio Del Ghingaro and the press. General Manager Stefano Plotegher comments: “We are extremely proud of this certification because we want our guests and our collaborators to feel safe and that is why we have always invested in their protection. We have always been committed and will continue to work daily to achieve and maintain this goal “.
Kiwa is one of the global leaders in the field of Testing, Inspection and Certification (ICT). With its services it builds trust in its customers’ products, processes, systems and professional skills. It operates in a wide variety of market segments, from construction to the water and energy sector, from healthcare to the Food, Feed & Farm sector. Areas of specialization include, among others, certification of management systems, Corporate Social Responsibility, testing and metrology. Its customers belong to the manufacturing sector, industrial processes, services, public (or private) utilities, but also belong to governments and international institutions. Kiwa employs over 5,500 people in 35 countries around the world, mainly in Europe, Asia and Latin America.