Glossary:

 
Accessible Hotel Any hotel having achieved one of the 4 Access Levels

Access Canada Participant Hotel
  • Any registered hotel
  • Any hotel that has completed the Property Standards assessment and Sensitivity Training but does not achieve a level

Employee Account Each hotel employee who is registered by the GM for the Sensitivity Training has their own account with username and password.

Key Staff Member

General Managers are encouraged to train ALL employees in Access Canada; however, here a “Key Staff Member” is defined as a Hotel employee who interacts most with guests on a daily basis and holds one of the following positions, or its equivalent, within the property:

  • General Manager
  • Assistant General Manager, Concierges/Bell Persons/Valets
  • Front Desk/Check-In Staff
  • Guest Services Manager, Directors/Managers of Food & Beverage
  • Food/Beverage Servers
  • Head of Housekeeping
  • Manager/Head of Event/Meeting Services

Master Account
  • Account held by a Hotel owning/management/franchise company. It registers a Property Account for each of its properties, makes payment for all registered properties, and makes renewals and updates of master account.
  • Account held by a single property registering independently

Property Account Account held by a single property, usually in the name of the General Manager. GMs take property assessment and create Employee Accounts

Property Standards Checklist PDF document of property assessment standards

Property Assessment The online questionnaire designed to assess a property’s accessibility features. The questionnaire is based on the Property Standards Checklist PDF and is to be completed by the Property Manager

Sensitivity Training On-line training for Hotel employees

Staff Test On-line test for Hotel employee.

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