FOREST, Va., Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Are travelers paranoid about cleanliness? That question was answered at this year's ISSA InterClean conference in Las Vegas, which had more than 16,000 attendees, 700 exhibitors and 54 innovation entries from around the world. For the second year in a row, NanoSeptic self-cleaning surfaces took home the innovation award.
Last year, NanoSeptic won the award with their line of self-cleaning touch points for facilities. These peel-and-stick skins for door handles turned dirty public surfaces into continuously self-cleaning surfaces. Building service contractors and commercial cleaning companies were excited about the potential of these products, not only because they made clean visible, but they also provided a new product with which these companies could create a value added service model.
This year they received the award for their TravelWell™ line of products. These products represent a dedicated product development effort to bring self-cleaning surfaces to the transportation, aviation, travel and hospitality industries.
"I think we can now say for sure that travelers are paranoid about dirty public surfaces when traveling," says NanoSeptic co-founder Dennis Hackemeyer. "Whether it's the airplane tray table or hotel bathroom vanity, travelers just don't trust the cleanliness of surfaces when it comes to places to set food or rest personal items."
There were three primary products that were on display at the show. The one that got attention from both consumers and business people in the travel and hospitality industry was the portable self-cleaning travel mat. This mat provides a cleaner place to rest a toothbrush, eyeglasses, medications or other personal items on a hotel bathroom vanity. And it provides a much cleaner place to rest your peanuts or pretzels on the airplane tray table.
"Our travel mat not only makes travelers feel safer and more secure, it's also a great in-room or in-plane amenity that can generate new revenue," says Mark Sisson, co-founder. "And because we can add the hotel, airline or cruise line logo to the mat, it's another way these travel companies can extend their brand wherever the traveler goes and however they get there."
Another product in NanoSeptic's TravelWell™ line is their iO Dots. These are small clear adhesive "bumper feet" that you attach to the back of your phone or tablet. Not only are these feet self-cleaning, but they keep the device from directly touching dirty public surfaces.
But the item that got the most attention at the show was the NanoSeptic self-cleaning mat for TSA security bins in airports.
"Over and over again, we would tell the story of how travelers walk around the airport, including on bathroom floors, then take off their shoes and put them in the bin going through TSA security," says Hackemeyer. "Then the next traveler puts their phone, glasses, keys and other personal items where those shoes were. The reaction was always the same....please stop, I think I'm going to be sick."
After 6 months of testing by the local TSA team, the NanoSeptic mats were sent to TSA's national testing facility for verification. And in September, the NanoSeptic security bin mat finally made its debut at the Akron-Canton airport, providing a cleaner surface for more than 1.4 million travelers per year.
NanoSeptic TravelWell™ products are disrupting the travel and hospitality industry by getting businesses to look at cleanliness differently. Historically, hotels and other travel-related businesses took the approach of hiding their cleaning efforts. But research has shown that travelers are not only paranoid about cleanliness, but their purchase decisions can be directly affected by making clean visible. A NanoSeptic self-cleaning mat placed on the bathroom vanity of each room in a hotel has been shown to positively affect a guest's perception of the cleanliness of the room and the facility in general.
TravelWell™ products would also be a valuable part of a hotel, airline, cruise line, or credit card's reward program.
More than 150 travelers volunteered to be part of experiential market research that was conducted at the Akron airport on the day the TSA bin mats were launched. To download the research report on traveler perception just visit www.nanoseptic.com/traveler.
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SOURCE NanoTouch Materials