The Grand Meridian Hotel

Accessibility Statement

The Grand Meridian Hotel is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for everyone. We are continually improving the user experience for all visitors and applying the relevant accessibility standards to ensure we provide equal access.

Our Commitment

We strive to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conforming to these guidelines helps make the web more user-friendly for everyone.

Measures to Support Accessibility

The Grand Meridian Hotel takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of our website:

• Including accessibility throughout our design and development processes.
• Providing alternative text for all images and non-text content.
• Ensuring sufficient color contrast between text and background.
• Using clear and simple language.
• Making our website responsive and adaptable to different screen sizes and devices.
• Ensuring our website is navigable using a keyboard.
• Using semantic HTML to structure our content.
• Regularly testing our website for accessibility issues and addressing them promptly.
• Providing transcripts for audio and captions for video content where applicable.
• Ensuring that forms are accessible and easy to use.
• Using ARIA attributes to enhance accessibility where necessary.

Specific Accessibility Features

To further enhance the accessibility of our website, we have implemented the following features:

• Skip to Content Link: A skip to content link is provided at the top of each page to allow users to bypass the navigation menu and go directly to the main content.
• Keyboard Navigation: Our website can be fully navigated using a keyboard, allowing users who cannot use a mouse to access all content and functionality.
• Alternative Text: All images and non-text content have alternative text descriptions, providing information about the content for users who cannot see it.
• Color Contrast: We have ensured that there is sufficient color contrast between text and background to make the content readable for users with low vision.
• Resizable Text: Users can resize the text on our website without losing content or functionality.
• Clear and Simple Language: We have used clear and simple language throughout our website to make it easy to understand for all users.
• Responsive Design: Our website is designed to be responsive and adaptable to different screen sizes and devices, ensuring a consistent user experience across all platforms.
• Form Accessibility: All forms on our website are designed to be accessible and easy to use, with clear labels and instructions.
• ARIA Attributes: We have used ARIA attributes to enhance the accessibility of our website where necessary, providing additional information and context for assistive technologies.

Accessibility Audits

We conduct regular accessibility audits of our website to identify and address any accessibility issues. These audits are performed by both automated tools and manual testing by accessibility experts. We use the results of these audits to improve the accessibility of our website and ensure that it meets the WCAG 2.1 level AA guidelines.

Ongoing Efforts

We are committed to maintaining the accessibility of our website and will continue to make improvements to ensure that it is accessible to everyone. We regularly review our website and update it to reflect the latest accessibility standards and best practices.

Exceptions

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of The Grand Meridian Hotel website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of potential known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

• Third-party content: Some of our content may be provided by third-party vendors. We are working with these vendors to ensure that their content is accessible, but we cannot guarantee that all third-party content will meet the WCAG 2.1 level AA guidelines.
• Older archived content: Some of our older archived content may not be fully accessible. We are working to update this content to meet the WCAG 2.1 level AA guidelines, but it may take some time to complete this process.