SweepSouth cleans up with Airbnb partnership

SweepSouth also saw an opportunity to put together a solution for Airbnb hosts to easily utilise the refined technology powering SweepSouth’s app and online booking platform and book specialised SweepStar hospitality trained cleaners on demand.

Speaking of the partnership, Aisha Pandor, co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth says, “The long-awaited reopening of South Africa’s hospitality industry comes with unique challenges that SweepSouth has been preparing for months. In addition to providing dedicated sanitisation and hospitality protocols training for SweepStars, our online platform has been upgraded to make booking a dedicated clean easy for Airbnb hosts. Guests can now make Airbnb bookings, safe in the knowledge that accommodation serviced by our SweepStars meets with the highest international hospitality cleaning best practice standards”.

Pandor adds that the partnership is also affording SweepStars with the opportunity to secure additional work, in the wake of five months of financial anguish and employment uncertainty.

The partnership also aims to invigorate the South African appetite for domestic travel and third-party accommodation by ensuring that hosts meet the standards of Airbnb’s enhanced cleaning protocols for hosts in South Africa - measures that have been awarded a Safe Travels seal by the World Trade and Tourism Council.

These protocols are the first overarching standardised guidelines for cleaning and sanitisation in the home sharing industry. The protocol meets and exceeds industry standards for cleaning and sanitisation in South Africa.

Airbnb hosts who make use of SweepSouth’s specialised cleaning services are expected to see a faster uptick in bookings, as conscientious and discerning guests confidently choose accommodation with the highest standards of cleanliness in Covid-19-free environments.