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A z oo or an airport may not b e somehere youd expect to  nd a superior washroom, b ut b oth are among the  ve  nalists in a contest to  nd the best loo in anada he Calgary Z oo and V ancouv er A irport, along with P atria restaurant in


T oronto, P lanet H ollywood in N iagara F alls, and the S haw Club H otel and S pa in N iagara on the L ake, are all


v ying to win Cintas' Canada' s b est restroom aard


“ T hey want it to b e inv iting; they want to walk in and know it's clean, b ecause it smells clean, intas anadas eslie olin explained While the algary Z oo and Y V R loos may not appear to


b e the fanciest around, L eslie added that there are good reasons why they made it to the top  ve he algary


Z oo you wouldn' t hav e thought, b ut it has a lot people going through it all the time and they maintain it ts this great dé cor where you walk in and you hav e huts, wonderful hieroglyphics on the all, and its ust really fun hen there


The Calgary Zoo restroom is a top five finalist for the best washroom in Canada for 2014. (Cintas)


is the wall of the men's washroom at


P lanet H ollywood in N iagara F alls, which has giant, gaping shark mouths that reveal mirrors inside


While it may seem silly to rate the b est place to go when you hav e to


‘ go’, attention to cleanliness and design are prov en to underscore a


b usiness’ lev el of customer serv ice in the eyes of the customer n the case of restaurant washrooms, for ex ample, patrons tend to equate a


Singapore Numbers Soar


A total of 1 , 0 0 1 cleaning b usinesses, with a workforce of 5 2 , 0 0 0 cleaners, hav e b een licensed b y the N ational nvironment gency  he maj ority of the cleaning sector comprises small b usinesses, with  or feer cleaners Despite their relativ ely small siz e, these cleaning


b usinesses hav e successfully met the licensing conditions, which include sending at least half of their cleaners for training and paying their cleaners progressive ages


T o date, ab out 3 3 , 0 0 0 cleaners from licensed b usinesses hav e


b een trained, higher than the 5 0 % reuirement for the  rst year, under the ne licensing regime rom no on, licensed companies will need to pay their resident cleaners wages, according to the P rogressiv e Wage


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Model ( P WM) for those deployed under new cleaning contracts entered into on or after st pril 


O v er 2 6 , 0 0 0 resident cleaners in licensed cleaning b usinesses are currently b eing paid wages according to the P WM, b ut b y 1 st S eptemb er nex t year, licensed companies will hav e to pay progressiv e wages to all their resident cleaners including those under existing cleaning contracts S ince A pril this year, N E A has b een activ ely engaging all cleaning


b usinesses that hav e applied to hav e them complete their sub missions in support of their licence applications, so as to facilitate the issuance of the licences by st September So far, all cleaning b usinesses that applied hav e successfully obtained their licences


Support For Cleaners


A t the point of renewing their licences in the sub sequent year, cleaning b usinesses are required to ensure that 1 0 0 % of their cleaners are trained n order to ensure that resident cleaners hav e access to the relev ant training required under the cleaning b usiness licensing regime, the S ingapore Workforce


D ev elopment A gency ( WD A ) has set aside an additional million ov er the nex t two years to keep training costs affordable leaning companies have the option of fl exible and accessib le on-site and b ite- siz ed training offered b y WD A ' s appointed training partners, to help them ov ercome their operational constraints in sending their employees for training


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clean ashroom to a clean kitchen Cintas prov ides restroom cleaning and supplies to tens of thousands of


b usinesses in Canada, and this marks the  fth year they are conducting the commode competition in anada


T he winner will b e announced in


O ctob er after v oting concludes, and will receive , toard intas services


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