Britain’s Restrata and SL’s One in a Million partner to bring bio-secure tourists
Restrata Vice President Will Follett
The world’s first integrated safety, security and mobility operating system, Restrata, has partnered with One in a Million Ltd. to provide technology as part of a wider project aimed at bringing tourists back to Sri Lanka.
By creating bio-secure hotels, guests can enjoy their stay with the confidence that proven technology is being used to monitor and mitigate the risk of infection. Working alongside other measures (PCR testing, social distancing etc.), Restrata will monitor all personnel, including hotel staff, management, and guests, to ensure the bio-bubble is secure. Should a positive COVID-19 case be found, the technology can instantly provide contact tracing to ascertain the exposure of fellow guests and ensure that isolation is limited to only those with close contact. Restrata is a British owned group with headquarters in the United Arab Emirates.
Restrata Vice President Will Follett said: ‘We are delighted to be able to support ‘One in a Million’ with this concept. Our technology is a proven solution in mitigating the risk of COVID-19 and helping to provide confidence and assurance for the hospitality, tourism and events business.’
‘Having visited Sri Lanka on numerous occasions and experienced first-hand the beauty of the country and the hospitality of the people, I am excited to support the venture in bringing tourists safely back to this beautiful country,’ Follett added.
Restrata provides a fully integrated platform which provides seamless control for technology-enabled command and control. When COVID-19 arose, it developed the pandemic module. This provides a solution to enable clients to manage, monitor and respond to this risk.
‘By creating bio-secure environments, we are able to provide real-time monitoring of all personnel and tracking their proximity with others. This allows contact tracing for those who are within two metres of another person, limiting the spread of infection,’ he added.
One in a Million Ltd. (https://travelbubblelanka.com/) specialises in what it calls as bubble-to-bubble integrated architectural and technologically driven in-bound tourism in Sri Lanka. The offering is the first of its kind in the world and the concept stemmed out of the pandemic.
Its partnership with Restrata is to enable Sri Lanka’s tourism industry to survive and sustain itself via bio-secure means amidst the COVID pandemic.
Restrata technology has been successfully deployed at over 40 hotels and stadia, and has facilitated some of the biggest sporting events in the world, such as the Indian Premier League, Pakistan Super League, and the Abu Dhabi T10, to name a few.
‘We are focused on promoting architectural tourism,’ the Spokesman for One in a Million said, adding architectural tourism means going to a travel destination to see historical monuments and architecture.
‘A quicker revival in tourism is critical for Sri Lanka given its catalyst role to enhance livelihoods as well as generate much needed foreign exchange earnings’ the spokesman added.
The spokesperson of One In a Million Ltd., also emphasised that there is international demand for tourism in Central and South America for Mayan Civilization and Inca Empire. According to him the Inca Empire is the most sought after attraction for countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Colombia. Egypt in Africa has been successfully marketing Paravo and Pyramids of great Egyptian civilization.
‘We have to make a very in-depth look into the Sri Lankan pre historic era of King Ravana’s era which boasts about sophisticated aviation technology and the base for Epic Ramayana written by Vaalmicky which is corroborated with the ancient Indian History’ the spokesman said.
One in a Million Ltd., along with Restrata also plans to attract the spiritual community which is scattered all over Europe along with this new market that can open up a unique tourist attraction. Sri Lanka became the number one destination to travel in 2019 and was globally rated by Lonely Planet.
The spokesman said an Industry reference will be provided by John Keells Group Vice President Leisure sector and the General Manager of Cinnamon Grand Hotel Kamal Munasinghe, who considers the importance and the safety of tourists in a pandemic.
John Keells Group hotels will be working exclusively with One In a Million Ltd., for the inaugural group that is most likely to arrive from the United Kingdom with the Restrata Technology.