{"id":6982,"date":"2025-03-12T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:36:46","slug":"detection-dog-instead-of-chemicals-how-swiss-hotels-can-benefit-from-free-test-deployments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/detection-dog-instead-of-chemicals-how-swiss-hotels-can-benefit-from-free-test-deployments\/","title":{"rendered":"Detection Dog Instead of Chemicals: How Swiss Hotels Can Benefit from Free Test Deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hotels in Switzerland have a unique opportunity to support the training of a future bed bug detection dog while gaining first-hand experience with this innovative method of pest prevention. The test run is free of charge and offers a non-binding chance to witness the efficiency of a specialized detection dog live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Bed Bug Detection Dogs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early Detection &amp; Cost Savings: Dogs detect bed bugs in the early stages before a visible infestation occurs. This allows hotels to take quick action and avoid high follow-up costs.<\/li>\n<li>Effective Even Under Difficult Conditions: Detection dogs can find not only live bed bugs but also their eggs\u2014even in hard-to-reach areas such as behind baseboards or deep within upholstery.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability &amp; Environmental Friendliness: This method does not involve chemicals, making it a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional extermination methods.<\/li>\n<li>Reliability: The dogs are trained according to international standards to ensure zero-error tolerance and minimize false alarms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Participate Now \u2013 How the Test Deployment Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hotels can sign up for a free test run and contribute to preparing the dog for its certification. The M\u00f6venpick Hotel Glattbrugg has already successfully conducted initial tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A local contact person is required.<\/li>\n<li>The dog inspects approximately 8 rooms, spending 2\u20133 minutes per room.<\/li>\n<li>The entire test takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li>Important Requirement: The windows of the rooms to be tested should remain closed for 4\u20135 hours before the deployment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Interested?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get in touch now at: <a href=\"mailto:hospitalitybooster@hotelleriesuisse.ch\">hospitalitybooster@hotelleriesuisse.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotels in Switzerland have a unique opportunity to support the training of a future bed bug detection dog while gaining first-hand experience with this innovative method of pest prevention. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,146,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-news-en","8":"category-inspiration-trends","9":"category-news-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6987,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982\/revisions\/6987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hospitality-booster.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}