Over the past 12 months, many Florida based 911 call centers have been working with HealthWay Home Product’s public safety division by equipping the call centers with state of the art medical grade air cleaners. Jeff Hoy handles the service and install for HealthWay’s public safety division. It is crucially important that the Government keeps these call centers as clean and healthy as possible. Limiting sick days and retaining the highest quality 911 operators is the purpose of this initiative. Vinny Lobdell, Executive Vice President at Healthway, stated “It’s a breath of fresh air to see a commitment to excellence at the governmental level. At HealthWay our commitment lies in providing solutions for the most mission critical indoor environments.”

HealthWay commercial air cleaners not only provide the highest efficiency at capturing dangerous ultra fine particles with ultra low pressure drop, but also eliminate air-borne virus, bacteria, and mold spores. The specially designed commercial air cleaners installed at several call centers over the past year have helped create up to a 95 percent cleaner environment at each of the emergency call centers.

HealthWay founded in 1981 emerged as the thought leader in the air cleaning technology industry developing 25 patents and building customized systems for the United States Government, U.S. Postal services and the Veterans administration Hospital System. Healthway continues to build solution based technologies to help address the most mission critical indoor environments serving 25 countries worldwide. Healthway’s latest technology innovation has been awarded the prestigious NASA innovation award by achieving 100 percent filtration efficiency of ultra fine particles with low pressure drop and certified destruction of 94-100 percent of viruses, mold and bacteria. Located in New York, HealthWay was named one of America’s fastest growing private companies by INC. Magazine in 2011.

The authorities will also announce criteria for air quality at mass gatherings and in public places, said Shieh Yan-ru, an official of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) under the Executive Yuan.

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One hotel owner explains PURE Room as a “game changer” for his hotel properties. Even guests who do not suffer from such symptoms have said they preferred a PURE Room over any other room they have stayed in because they woke up feeling refreshed and well-rested. According to a survey conducted by the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, “83% of travelers surveyed indicated that they would prefer an allergy-friendly room if provided that option.”

A global leader in the hospitality industry, Preferred Hotel Group™ has earned a reputation as a company that embraces the individuality of distinctive hotels and resorts, while maintaining a consistent commitment to excellence. The company’s five renowned brands are comprised of more than 600 best-in-class hotels and resorts in over 70 countries.

PURE Room has been featured in over 500 publications worldwide, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, as well as numerous television broadcasts. With guests’ ultimate comfort and satisfaction in mind, the patented seven-step PURE Room process provides an ultra clean and fresh environment for the best night’s sleep possible in over 6,500 PURE Rooms in over 250 hotels worldwide. Vinny Lobdell, Executive Vice President of Global Sales, said “PURE Rooms are an all-encompassing, innovative, and patented solution to significantly improve indoor environments. Preferred Hotel Group is always on the leading edge of innovation, and we are delighted about this partnership.”

PURE Room is powered by New York–based HealthWay, the world’s most ground-breaking manufacturer of military and medical grade air purification systems. To learn more about the fascinating PURE Room program, please contact Jennifer Howe at 315-298-2904 or visit www.pureroom.com today. For more information regarding Preferred Hotel Group, visit www.PreferredHotelGroup.com.

PURE Global is the leader in allergy-friendly rooms for the hospitality industry. Millions of allergy sufferers all over the world now have available, for the first time, a patented and market tested solution for an allergy friendly room. PURE has installed its indoor air quality solutions in over 250 hotels in 20 countries, and is a brand standard at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Worldwide as well as the suites of ITCWelcomgroup Hotels & Resorts.

Professor Dev, a former corporate executive with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and 32 year veteran of the global hospitality industry, has served corporate, government, education, advisory and private equity clients in over 40 countries on six continents as a consultant, seminar leader, and expert witness. Dr. Dev’s award-winning research has been published in several peer- reviewed journals including the Harvard Business Review, and he has been interviewed by multiple national and international newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations. Dr. Dev has won all major hospitality research awards including the 2002 John Wiley & Sons award for his lifetime contribution to hospitality and tourism research, He takes time from his teaching and research activities to contribute to his community by serving on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, fundraising for the Ithaca Montessori School, and serving on the Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau marketing committee. Hoteliers With a Heart, a non-profit organization run by Cornell Hotel School students was founded by Dr. Dev in November 2008.

“I am delighted to join the advisory board of this organization dedicated to improving the well-being of travelers worldwide,” says Dr, Dev. “As an allergy sufferer myself, I am convinced that PURE is a must-have in-room amenity.”

Vinny Lobdell, Executive Vice President of PURE states “Professor Dev is the number 1 brand strategist in the hospitality industry. We are extremely excited he has chosen to partner with us through the next phase of our global expansion.”

A groundbreaking public health study has found a connection between damp, moldy homes and depression. The study, led by Brown University epidemiologist Edmond Shenassa, is the largest investigation of an association between mold and mood and is the first such investigation conducted outside the United Kingdom.

Shenassa said the findings, published in the American Journal of Public Health, came as a complete surprise. “We thought that once we statistically accounted for factors that could clearly contribute to depression – things like employment status and crowding – we would see any link vanish,” said Shenassa, the lead author of the study and an associate professor in the Department of Community Health at Brown. “But the opposite was true. We found a solid association between depression and living in a damp, moldy home.”

The study was a statistical analysis of data from the Large Analysis and Review of European Housing and Health Status (LARES), a survey on housing, health and place of residence conducted in 2002 and 2003 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Shenassa’s team analyzed LARES data from 5,882 adults in 2,982 households.

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