STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
IN COTTONINA HOTEL & MINERAL SPA RESORT
We would like to kindly inform you that, in accordance with the amendment to the Family and Guardianship Code, on 15 February 2024, additional provisions came into force to ensure the protection of minors who have been victims of violence. Under this law, representatives of the hospitality industry are required to identify the relationship between the adult guest and the child, i.e. to determine whether the adult is the parent or legal guardian of the minor with whom he or she has arrived and whether the child is at risk. According to Polish law, a child is any person under the age of 18, including children with disabilities and children with special educational needs.
If a child covered by a reservation arrives at a hotel and is checked in by a person who is not the child's parent or legal guardian, it will be the responsibility of the receptionist to require that person to provide a statement of consent from the parents/legal guardians for the child to stay in the person's care. This situation applies not only to persons not related to the child, but also to grandparents or uncles who are not currently the child's legal guardians.
We ask for your understanding in advance with regard to our staff, who, in accordance with the aforementioned amendment, have been obliged (under threat of penalty) to identify the relationship between the child and the persons with whom the child is staying. We fulfil this obligation primarily out of concern for your children's welfare and safety.
