Protect-A-Bed Honored with "Essentials" Award
NOVEMBER 21, 2007. Protect-A-Bed(R) announced today that its innovative mattress protector product, AllerZip, was honored with the 2007 Editor's Choice Award at the 92nd annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show(R) (IH/M&RS) in New York last week. One of 10 awardees, Protect-A-Bed's AllerZip is a complete mattress encasement that protects against liquids, allergens, mites and bed bugs - a growing problem in hotels across the country.
The Editors' Choice Awards recognize the year's most innovative new products for the hospitality industry. Protect-A-Bed won the award for the category of "essentials."
"This award confirms that it is vital for all hotels, big and small, to use bedding protectors on their mattresses and pillows," said Petra Minoff, vice president of Hospitality, Protect-A-Bed. "It also speaks to the quality of our products. Our protectors not only create a healthy sleeping environment for hotel guests, they also protect mattresses and pillows to significantly reduce cleaning and replacement costs for hotel owners."
Protect-A-Bed's Premium mattress protectors are some of the most effective mattress protectors on the market. Made of a new-age breathable fabric with a 100 percent natural, hypoallergenic cotton surface, the material is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. In addition, AllerZip has a Bug LockTM Seal, the world's first and only patented closing device that ensures bed bugs cannot enter the encasement.
Judges for the 12th annual IH/M&RS Editors' Choice Awards were Michael Birchenall, Foodservice Monthly; Janice Cha, Foodservice Equipment & Reports; Glenn Hasek, Green Lodging News; Philip Hayward, Lodging; Adam Kirby, HOTELS; Fred Klashman, Total Food Service; Dennis Nessler, Hotel Business; Michael Oshman, Green Restaurant Association; Stephanie Ricca, Hotel & Motel Management; and Ed Watkins, Lodging Hospitality.
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