Valpas and Select Green Hotels have introduced bed bug-safe certification into the booking process, allowing travellers to identify certified hotels before making reservations.

The platform, which features over 100 carefully selected sustainable hotels across Europe and Africa, already applies strict criteria covering waste management, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and community support.

With the addition of Valpas certification, it expands its sustainability focus to include non-toxic, pesticide-free guest room environments, addressing an often-overlooked aspect of hospitality.

Valpas certification is a globally recognised standard, endorsed by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

 It uses proprietary in-room technology to intercept bed bugs that guests may unknowingly bring, ensuring continuous protection without pesticides.

Hotels earn certification when all rooms are equipped and digitally verified, providing ongoing proof of safety.

This integration marks the first time bed bug safety is directly visible within a booking platform, enabling travellers and travel buyers to make more informed choices.

By combining sustainability with verified in-room safety, the initiative strengthens transparency and elevates standards across the hospitality sector.

“Bed bug safety belongs where every other hotel standard already lives: in the booking flow, visible to the traveller before they decide” says Martim Gois, Co-Founder and CEO of Valpas. “Select Green Hotels shares our belief that trust should be built before not after arrival. This is what it looks like when a new hotel category becomes real and bookable.”

According to Isabelle Winter, Founder of the hotel booking portal, said: “By combining Select Green Hotel’s sustainability curation with Valpas’ verified safety standard, we create a new category of hospitality: conscious travel backed by evidence. Hotels that meet both criteria will stand out in an increasingly competitive landscape, where trust is becoming the ultimate currency”.  -TradeArabia News Service