[dbaust] e: Travel to Hobart - Mercure Hobart
- From: heather <lawsonhj@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:41:02 +1000
Thanks Erika
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From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:40:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [dbaust] Travel to Hobart - Mercure Hobart
Travel to Hobart - Mercure Hobart Sent: Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
7:08 AMFrom: "Wayne Hawkins" <wayne.hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all,
I thought this might be of interest for anyone planning a trip to
Hobart.
In an Australian-first, Mercure Hobart has modified eight of its
rooms to cater specifically for visitors with hearing or vision
impairment.
General manager of Mercure Hobart, Adrian Sampson, said "Just as
we cater to the requirements of business travellers, we've
realised the need to adapt our services for those living and
travelling with a disability. We recognise that having a
disability means more than just mobility - hence we updated our
public areas services and adapted a number of accommodation rooms
to cater to the needs of travellers with a hearing loss or vision
impairment."
The rooms have been updated with a range of fixed and portable
features for the deaf and hard of hearing including tactile
technology such as an alarm clock with strobe light, an
under-pillow vibrating pad which is reponsive to the hotel's fire
alarm as well as an independent room door bell and telephone
unit.
For the vision impaired, Mercure has included large dial button
and display screen telephones, touch reactive alarm clocks,
increased room lighting, audio versions of the room compendium,
room service menus and emergency and evacuation information as
well as in-room stationery and door signage in Braille.
Mercure Hobart worked in partnership with Hearing Link Tasmania,
The Tasmanian Deaf Society and Royal Guide Dogs Tasmania to
implement the changes, which are an Australian-first.
CEO of The Tasmanian Deaf Society and Hearing Link Tasmania (a
division of Tasdeaf), Gordon Melsom, said "We are delighted to
have been involved in this visionary initiative of the Mercure
Hobart. We hope that other Tasmanian organisations will follow
this lead in providing appropriate facilities for this
significant part of the community."
Mercure also reiterated that it welcomes guide dogs and hearing
assistance dogs after, earlier this year, a vision impaired man
and his family were refused accommodation at a NSW central coast
motel because of his guide
dog.http://www.hospitalitymagazine.com.au/accommodation/motel-bre
aches-discrimination-law-with-guide-dog-r
Mercure Hobart156 Bathurst StreetHobart TAS 7000
Tel : (+61)3/62326255Fax : (+61)3/62347884Mail :
<reservations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RegardsWayne HawkinsDisability Policy AdvisorAustralian
CommunicationsConsumer Action NetworkSuite 402Level 4, 55
Mountain StUltimo NSW
2007<wayne.hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>www.accan.org.auPh: 02 9288
4000Direct: 02 9288 4003Mobile: 0412 543 016Fax: 02 9288 4019TTY:
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