Hotel Seal of Approval
Hotels: ambience: yes! kind to backs: no!
Back-friendly room furnishings – unfortunately still far too rare!
Our aim: back-friendly hotels!
Many business travellers know the problem: every night in a different hotel, a different room, a different bed. There will usually be plenty of facilities and entertainment provided, with a pool, sauna and TV. Normally, hotel guests won't go hungry either. Only their backs or sleeping problems fail to get the attention they need!
Meanwhile the first hotels are already offering their guests "back-friendly" accommodation. This means that the bed and other furnishings consist of back-friendly furniture, including standing desks, upholstered furniture, additional beds, office chairs etc. Correspondingly equipped hotels even offer back-friendly bicycles.
The AGR audits hotels - according to professionally defined minimum standards - to assess their furnishings, awarding the "AGR Hotel Seal of Approval". When booking a room, ask whether it is "AGR-tested and recommended" – your back will be grateful!
At present, this project is still in the starting phase, so that there are only a few hotels right now that fulfil all the minimum requirements.
Hoteliers interested in the AGR Hotel Seal of Approval can contact the AGR directly to obtain the specific information they need.
The following hotels have been awarded the AGR Hotel Seal of Approval:
Angler Hof Landgasthotel
Große Straße 25
24392 Süderbrarup
Germany
Phone +49 4641/92 29 0, Fax -92 29 33
willkommen@anglerhof.de
www.anglerhof.de
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- back-friendly bathroom facilities
Oste Hotel
Neue Str. 125
27432 Bremervörde
Germany
Phone +49 4761/876-0, Fax -87666
info@oste-hotel.de
www.oste-hotel.de
The Oste Hotel offers back-friendly furnishings in 15% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- a telephone that lets you make calls standing up
- back-friendly bathroom facilities
Furthermore, the hotel also offers
- bicycles for hire that comply with the requirements of the Campaign for Healthier Backs (AGR)
- a standing desk that has been awarded the AGR seal of approval "certified and recommended"
Hotel Weserschlösschen
Mühlenstr. 20
31582 Nienburg
Germany
Phone +49 5021/62081, Fax -63257
info@weserschloesschen.de
www.weserschloesschen.de
The Hotel Weserschlösschen offers back-friendly furnishings in 94% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- a telephone that lets you make calls standing up
Furthermore, the hotel also offers
- bicycles for hire that comply with the requirements of the Campaign for Healthier Backs (AGR)
- a standing desk that has been awarded the AGR seal of approval "certified and recommended"
Hotel Gude
Frankfurter Str. 299
34134 Kassel
Germany
Phone +49 561/4805-0, Fax -48 05 101
info@hotel-gude.de
www.hotel-gude.de
The Hotel Gude offers back-friendly furnishings in 30% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- a telephone that lets you make calls standing up
- back-friendly bathroom facilities
Furthermore, the hotel also offers
- bicycles for hire that comply with the requirements of the Campaign for Healthier Backs (AGR)
- back-friendly conference and seminar rooms
Betten Paradies & Pension Schübeler
Lange Str. 28
37688 Beverungen
Germany
Phone +49 5273/21 811, Fax - 21882
info@schuebeler.de
www.schuebeler.de
The Pension Schübeler offers back-friendly furnishings in 100% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- a telephone that lets you make calls standing up
- back-friendly bathroom facilities
Furthermore, the hotel also offers
- bicycles for hire that comply with the requirements of the Campaign for Healthier Backs (AGR)
- a standing desk that has been awarded the AGR seal of approval "certified and recommended"
By the way, staff in the corresponding "Betten Paradies" accommodation complex have been specially trained by the AGR and offer expert advice when it comes to back-friendly sleeping.
Berghotel Ratschings
Bichl 43a (gegenüber des Ski-Lifts)
39040 Ratschings (Südtirol)
Italy
Phone +39 472/65 98 00
info@berghotel-ratschings.com
www.berghotel-ratschings.com
The Berghotel Ratschings offers back-friendly furnishings in 100% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- back-friendly sitting furniture on request
The spa area is staffed only by employees offering corresponding professional qualifications.
Hotel & Resort Defereggental
Bruggen 84
9962 St. Veit i.D. (Osttirol)
Austria
Phone +43 4879/6644-0, Fax - 6644-444
info@hotel-defereggental.com
www.hotel-defereggental.com
The Hotel & Resort Defereggental offers back-friendly furnishings in 15% of the rooms.
In these rooms you can expect:
- back-friendly beds
- a back-friendly office chair
- a telephone that lets you make calls standing up
- back-friendly bathroom facilities
Furthermore, the hotel also offers
- bicycles for hire that comply with the requirements of the Campaign for Healthier Backs (AGR)
- back-friendly conference and seminar rooms
The spa area is staffed only by employees offering corresponding professional qualifications.