The management response study also ascertained that hotel
department heads’ awareness, exposure and training in relation to
IAQ testing is limited, even though most of them have received
hospitality-related education at degree level. This finding may
be due to the fact that current hospitality training programs
focus on visible cleanliness standards, and do not contain detailed
knowledge on IAQ. It is thus recommended that IAQ components
should be incorporated in future revisions to training programs. In
addition, hospitality education administrators should monitor the
teaching coverage of this topic. To support this suggested future
development, trade councils and hotel schools should allocate
resources to provide short courses to update and enrich existing
staff knowledge into this area.