Did you know that Next Pathology has a mobile COVID-19 concierge testing service offering both PCR and Antigen tests, flexible and suitable for any number of members of a party, available to travel to a far-flung game lodge or a city hotel, countrywide, and with a guaranteed turnaround time?
The pathology service-provider is already well-entrenched in drive-through testing at shopping centres and the like and, because it enjoys the use of its own registered laboratory services and call centre with personalised attention, it offers an efficient solution.
Jacky Maulgue (whom many agents will know from her long service with Protea Hotels sales department) is now sales manager for the Hospitality and Tourism section of Next Pathology.
“We aim to be the preferred provider for the tourism and hospitality sector and, with us, virtually anything is possible in ensuring bespoke tailored solutions, no matter how large or small the group,” said Jacky.
“One of the most stressful things when working with a group is the timing of the PCR tests. Timing is vitally important in COVID-19 testing for travel purposes and so we give a guaranteed 24-hour turnaround time for PCR tests, regardless of where in South Africa the test is conducted,” she told Travel News. “We can guarantee this under normal circumstances, because we own and run our own laboratories.”
Jacky says another distinguishing feature of Next Pathology’s testing business is that its call centre is manned from 07h00 until 20h00.
She says the company is currently working on a new set-up at a hotel at OR Tambo, in which it will offer PCR tests with a result inside two hours. This facility will be open daily, from the first international flight arriving or departing until the last international flight arriving or departing. This facility will open on August 1.