TRSA Launches Middle East Chapter

TRSA recently formed a Middle East chapter, the association’s first outside the United States. Launched with Dubai-based TRSA member Rent-A-Towel (RNT), the chapter’s initial activities will include certifying laundries to the Hygienically Clean standard and developing professional-development programs for managers and supervisors customized to the region’s local market, practices and conditions. The chapter will operate in several countries included in the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Among these are Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia ...