{"id":91,"date":"2020-11-29T06:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T06:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipcbahrain.com\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2020-11-29T06:41:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T06:41:02","slug":"coronavirus-and-bed-bugs-how-hotels-can-protect-guests-after-lockdown-blog-by-ipcbahrain-com-bahrain-best-pest-control-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipcbahrain.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/29\/coronavirus-and-bed-bugs-how-hotels-can-protect-guests-after-lockdown-blog-by-ipcbahrain-com-bahrain-best-pest-control-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus and bed bugs: how Hotels can protect Guests after Lockdown – Blog by ipcbahrain.com – Bahrain Best Pest Control Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The damage from Covid-19 to hotels may not be over once the Government greenlights a return to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dormant bed bugs will live around a year without feeding, waiting for hotel guests to return. As part of their Coronavirus recovery planning, hotels should allow time for identifying and treating bed bugs before reopening to guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf your hotel had bed bugs before lockdown, you\u2019ll find them again when you reopen,\u201d \u201cWith a life span of more than a year, bed bugs are experts at conserving their energy when there\u2019s no food available. And they\u2019ll be hungry when your guests return.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Richard Naylor, director and chief entomologist at The Bed Bug Foundation<\/a>, confirms: \u201cAs we\u2019ve seen with ski chalets closed for months during their off-season, I expect the first overnight guests in hotels post-Coronavirus closures will be met by hungry bugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He warned: \u201cIf they\u2019ve been dormant for months, bed bugs will be highly aggressive, particularly when it\u2019s dark. If really hungry, they may also lose their phobia of light. This means bed bugs are much more likely to bite when a host returns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Having known infestations treated by specialists is key to providing your guests a safe environment to return to, whilst monitoring systems are a good way to ensure guests won\u2019t get savaged as the bed bugs awake looking for a feed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fryers agrees, adding: \u201cBed bugs are attracted to carbon dioxide their potential host breathes out. They also like heat. To try and trick them into wasting their energy looking for food, you can up the heat in your rooms. However, we don\u2019t advise hoteliers to take this route due to the monetary and environmental costs of heating an empty room. Instead, investing in a smart monitoring system and working with your pest controllers to treat any infestations are key.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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