First, business and economy class ratings for Dubai salons

First, business and economy class ratings for Dubai salons

Dubai: Dubai Municipality has certified 48 ladies’ beauty centres and gents’ parlours as “ideal salons”, even as it plans to give first, business and economy class ratings for salons in the emirate. A senior official revealed this as the civic body gave away the ‘ideal salon’ certificates to 20 of the 48 centres at the Beautyworld Middle East show at Dubai World Trade Centre. Dr Naseem Mohammed Rafee, director of the Health and Safety Department at the municipality, told Gulf News that the certification is part of the civic authority’s initiative to upgrade the establishments providing beauty services as model salons. “We want to measure and raise health and safety compliance level in all built environment in the emirate of Dubai, which include gents, ladies and kids’ salons. Categorising ideal salons is as per consumer needs to have different classes of these businesses, with high level of compliance,” she said. However, she clarified that the certification is not a mandatory requirement of the department and receiving it is not a license to increase the charges at salons. “We came up with the guidelines for ‘ideal salons’ to create a challenging environment among the establishments in this business activity to enhance