IKFT Solutions for Hotels
kid first audits, Verifications
& consultancy
Practical, measurable services for 3★ / 4★ / 5★ hotels: remote verification, video assessments, IKFT Verified audits, family dining reviews and managed programs
Guided by the past, looking toward the future of family travel.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER
International Kids Friendly Travel, IKFT, focuses on the child centered dimension of hospitality quality. We don’t duplicate your internal QC; we overlay it with an evidence based kids and accessibility lens. Our services convert insights into operational checklists, concise executive summaries, and independent recognition that leaders can use to prioritize investment and measure results. We integrate with your existing audit cadence to reduce disruption and accelerate implementation giving you a credible credential that reflects how families and OTAs actually see your property. Looking ahead, IKFT is building continuous assurance: hybrid human + AI evaluations and transparent, machine readable updates that keep family standards current all year.
If you already operate an internal quality program, IKFT intentionally integrates with those processes rather than attempting to replace them; we provide a specialist kids and accessibility overlay that maps directly onto your existing audit cadence and operational responsibilities. Our aim is to reduce disruption, speed up implementation, and give you a discrete, credible credential that addresses children’s needs and the expectations of families and OTAs.
Every IKFT assessment is conducted by professionals who understand both hospitality operations and family psychology. Our reviewers observe how spaces feel, how teams communicate, and how families truly experience welcome; because hospitality quality is ultimately created by people, not procedures.
Our Clients
IKFT services are built for the senior leaders accountable for guest experience, reputation and revenue: General Managers and Hotel Directors who need operational clarity; VPs of Operations and Regional Managers who require scalable quality systems across portfolios; Hotel Group CEOs and Boards seeking governance ready recognition; Property Owners and Investors who want measurable asset uplift; and Heads of Marketing and Revenue who need verified marketing assets that convert family bookings. If you are a procurement lead or local partner, contact us and we will route you to the right team.
SERVICES
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IKFT Recognized
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Independent public recognition of family suitability. This is the foundational layer for 3★ / 4★ / 5★ hotels in participating markets. IKFT Recognized is an independent, unsolicited review based on publicly available information. Our analysts assess your digital footprint guest feedback, OTA listings, imagery, and listed amenities to establish an objective view of how family ready your property appears.
What you receive:
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Potential listing in the public IKFT Directory
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IKFT Recognized Award digital badge (Bronze / Silver / Gold) with usage guidance
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Ability to correct factual inaccuracies via our public appeals process.
Scope notes:
This is a public, remote review. It does not verify onsite operations or staff practice; those are addressed through our advanced assessments or IKFT Verified™ onsite audits.
IKFT Remote Assessed
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Evidence driven remote evaluation. Flexible scope to fit your property. A rigorous, remote assessment that produces an operationally useful review without an in person visit. Methods can include booking flow tests, structured calls, and live video walkthroughs to validate what families experience. This low-cost, high-impact diagnostic helps properties self correct and prepare for IKFT Verified.
What you receive:
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Written Report with a scored checklist mapped to Kidspecs.
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Prioritized Remediation Roadmap: Quick wins (0–30d), Medium (30–180d), Capex (180+d).
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Executive Summary with recommended KPIs.
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Readiness Score with a clear next-step recommendation.
Why choose this:
Find structural family issues early, act quickly, and create a smooth pathway to Recognized → Verified.
IKFT Verified - Onsite
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Anonymous, in person audit against 250+ IKFT Kidspecs. Our flagship onsite review by trained auditors. We physically verify what families encounter, from room comfort and child friendly amenities to allergen protocols in real service conditions. Eligibility: Only hotels already, at any level, IKFT Recognized may apply for IKFT Verified. During onsite audits, we assess not only physical conditions but also the human atmosphere the warmth of welcome, staff empathy, and the way children and parents are engaged.
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Full Onsite Audit Report with photo evidence, scored scorecard, and management summary.
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IKFT Verified ribbon badge package and a unique verification ID/QR reference.
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Prioritized Remediation Plan for continuous improvement.
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Post-audit debrief with senior management.
Impact:
A transparent, independently verified credential that supports marketing, OTA visibility, and leadership positioning with families.
Accessibility & Inclusion Assessment
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This is a practical, onsite fact checking service, not a formal compliance audit. Our auditors physically visit your property to take your publicly stated accessibility information and verify these specific claims in person. This simple, on the ground check gives you 100% confidence that the information you provide to families is accurate.
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A "Verified Information Report": A simple, confidential checklist showing what we checked and what was verified.
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A "Family-Ready Facts" Summary: A one page, public facing summary listing the verified facts about your property, allowing families to make their own decisions.
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An "Accessibility Gap Analysis": A confidential report with pragmatic, experience focused recommendations and possible improvements.
This service builds unparalleled trust. It empowers you to provide families with disabilities with accurate, verified facts, helping them book with confidence and dramatically reducing the risk of a poor guest experience caused by misinformation.
Family Dining & F&B Audit
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A specialized onsite IKFT audit focused entirely on the kid friendly dining experience. Our F&B specialists assess your children’s menu quality, allergen management protocols, portioning, family seating flow, and high-chairs and cleanliness. The audit is practical, not prescriptive, and is designed to improve the family dining journey from start to finish. During onsite audits, we assess not only physical conditions but also the human atmosphere the warmth of welcome, staff empathy, and the way children and parents are engaged.
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A comprehensive F&B Report including a kids menu review, an allergen handling checklist, and dish portion guidance.
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Service Observation Notes with suggested scripting for front of house staff.
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A Best Practice Toolkit with presentation slides and role play scenarios for your internal trainers.
Families place a high value on safe and enjoyable dining. This service helps reduce risk, increase positive reviews, and drive higher F&B revenue from the family segment.
New Opening &
Pre Launch Consultancy
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A high-level strategic consultancy for new hotel builds or major refurbishments. Our team works with your planners, architects, and operational leads before opening to embed kid first principles into the very fabric of your property. We provide expert guidance on everything related to kids in hotels.
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Room Typology Planning and layout guidance for family floors.
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Procurement for child-appropriate fixtures, furniture, and play areas.
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Advisory on staff training programs and a pre-opening execution playbook.
Why hotels buy this: To embed excellence from day zero, reduce the risk of costly retrofits, accelerate the time to market for family segments, and open with credible, verifiable family friendly credentials.
Managed Audit Programs for Hotel Groups
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The full, comprehensive program dedicated for hotel chains and multi property groups seeking continuous quality assurance rather than a one off audit. This subscription based service bundles recurring remote checks, monthly KPI reporting, remediation tracking, and an annual onsite audit across your portfolio to verify that brand standards for family travel are met consistently and measurably.
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A dedicated KPI Dashboard with monthly family health metrics for your entire portfolio.
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Monthly one page Highlight Reports with priority actions.
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Quarterly program reviews and an annual onsite audit for renewal of IKFT Verified status for properties in scope.
For predictable quality assurance, centralized oversight across portfolios, the ability to spot trends early, and sustained verification of excellence for all properties under the brand.
IKFT Performance Intelligence * AI & BC
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Launching Mid-2026
The future of quality assurance for the family travel market. This new, subscription based program for industry leaders provides real-time dashboards, AI-driven sentiment analysis of family related reviews, and an optional tamper proof verification system using blockchain technology. It moves beyond traditional audits to offer continuous, proactive insights and unparalleled authenticity.
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A dedicated KPI Dashboard with monthly family-health metrics.
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AI-Sentiment Batch Reports that distill thousands of online reviews into actionable operational insights.
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Blockchain, Stamped Proof of Existence for verifications, providing unparalleled authenticity and trust to partners and OTAs.
Gain a real competitive edge with predictive analytics: maintain ongoing oversight of key family experience signals, measure the ROI of operational changes in near real time, and provide verifiable authenticity of IKFT recognitions to partners and OTAs at scale.
Even the most experienced hotel managers and directors or historic family hotels rarely see the full picture of the guest experience or the human atmosphere created by their own teams. Online reviews can be inconsistent, biased, or incomplete and internal reports often miss the emotional side of service.
IKFT fills that gap.
Through independent observation, we reveal how guests actually feel and how staff behaviors translate into family comfort, trust, and satisfaction. Our assessments help management identify true excellence on the floor and fairly recognize employees who genuinely deliver outstanding family service supporting internal promotion and career development decisions.
At its heart, International Kids Friendly Travel believes family travel is a human experience. Buildings and policies matter, but what children remember most are people the smiles, patience, and understanding that turn a stay into a memory.
Did you do the utmost for your little guests & the un-little ones who travel with them?
Prove it!
IKFT provides independent evaluation and advisory services under written agreement.
Verified recognition requires an onsite audit. Hybrid remote reviews apply only to the Recognized level.
IKFT does not perform licensed medical, legal, or engineering services.