31/07/2016, London is the city with he second grubbiest hotel rooms,

according to a survey of more than 6m customers by Hotel.info., beaten to the pole position by Rio de Janeiro. This lackadaisical attitude of the British people to hygiene would in part explain why was there almost on every ship I have been on,where the largest number of travellers were from GB, an outbreak of norovirus,Britannia [16-23 July, 2016] being no exception. About four days into the cruise there was an impassioned plea by the captain urging us to wash our hands after using the WC and before every meal,as there had been an increased number of people vomiting and having diarrhea. It always amazes me that when people get sick,the management of the ship sound as if it happened out of the blue. Having been countless times on four,five,six star ships,it would surprise me,if there was no such problem on a ship especially a massive ship with at least 1500 passengers. On every cruise a large number of people are well over 70,many walk with a stick,barely able to stand without some support. Cruising is a wonderful way of holidaying for them and it is a joy to see the old and the infirm having a lovely time. But with this age group does come a problem of hygiene,of washing hands in comfort or using the wet soap by the door of a restaurant. The second problem are the younger travellers,who are too arrogant and ignorant to do the right thing and think the rules of washing hands regularly and correctly do not apply to them. I have seen many such people. On every ship I have been on [other than the six star ones] there had always been someone standing by the entrance to every dining room while it was opened, making sure every-one who entered had used the liquid soap. But on Britannia this was quite sporadic. If the management could be blamed for anything,it is for this. But we,the travelers,are grown ups,not babes. Shouldn't washing our hands regularly be a part of any-one's and every-one's daily life? On Britannia they had installed quite wonderful wash basins by the entrance doors to the self-service restaurant on the 16th floor,but many travellers just do not care. And not surprisingly some became sick and then more had joined them, every-one,I am sure,blaming Britannia. The hygiene could not be faulted anywhere on this vessel, and certainly not in any restaurant,the serving areas were immaculate,tables, chairs, always clean. Those who think that if they wash their hands on Monday and do not have to do it again until Saturday,are the people who spread diseases and viruses. And there will always be plenty of those on every ship. And just as a matter of interest - Tokyo has the cleanest hotel rooms in the world, followed by Warsaw, Seoul, Bratislava and Sofia. I love staying in hotels and cannot wait to visit these capital cities[in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia,I have stayed at the Kempinski many times]. And may I just add that having stayed several times in a hotel Thermia Palace in Piestany,a spa town in Slovakia,this is the only hotel I have EVER stayed in where I do not clean the drawers before unpacking! And for me it is quite something. At the Kempinski I never unpack so have had no need to check out the drawers but have no doubt they are immaculate as is everything else in the room I usually stay in.