Maine hotels step up safety measures to prove quarantines aren’t needed

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 6, 2020

Hotels and inns have insisted for months that they are taking the pandemic seriously and doing everything they can to protect their guests, staff and communities. A dedication to safety has been the industry’s major argument for why Gov. Janet Mills should allow more out-of-state tourists to visit Maine without undergoing a 14-day self-quarantine upon arrival or attesting to a recent, negative COVID-19 test. More than 2,000 hospitality workers have completed a specialized course for COVID-19 protocols designed by the trade group HospitalityMaine and Eastern Maine Community College. A checklist created by the state includes specific operating procedures for lodging businesses intended to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.