Notice of Accessibility

At Hotel Shocard we are committed to providing an excellent online experience for all our guests - including those with hearing, vision, and other disabilities. 

To ensure this, Hotel Shocard strives to substantially conform with Level AA success criteria of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 . Our website is designed, developed, and maintained in accordance with these guidelines, including regular testing. 

If you have any difficulty, questions, or would like to report any issues related to the accessibility of our website, please contact us at stay@hotelshocardnyc.com or 212-703-8600. 

Subsequent reports were run on: 08/02/2021; 07/23/2021; 07/01/2021; 06/22/2021; 06/01/2021; 05/01/2021; 04/01/2021; 03/01/2021; 02/01/2021; 01/01/2021; 12/01/2020; 11/03/2020; 10/01/2020; 09/03/2020; 09/01/2020; 08/01/2020; 07/06/2020; 07/02/2020; 06/18/2020; 06/02/2020; 05/03/2020; 03/01/2020; 02/01/2020; 01/03/2020; 01/01/2020; 12/11/2019; 12/04/2019; 11/06/2019; 10/01/2019; 09/30/2019; 09/01/2019; 08/01/2019; 07/05/2019; 07/04/2019; 07/02/2019; 06/02/2019; 05/03/2019; 04/04/2019; 03/11/2019; 02/04/2019; 01/01/2019; 11/01/2018; 10/25/2018; 09/15/2018; 09/06/2018; 09/03/2018 
 

Browser Help 

Optimize the way you view your web browser. If you have difficulty in reading the website on your screen, you may be able to change the settings on your browser to help you improve readability and visibility of each webpage: 

Learn about the Accessibility features of these major Internet Browsers below: 

• Mozilla Firefox : Click Here for Mozilla Firefox Accessibility Features 
• Google Chrome : Click Here for Google Accessibility Features 
• Internet Explorer : Click Here for Microsoft Internet Explorer Ease of Access Options 

Apple Safari: Click Here for Apple Accessibility Support 

Website Accessibility Features 

This website is designed to be fully accessible to all and is designed according to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and conforms to most priority checkpoints which entail some of the following elements: 

Navigation Shortcuts 

Our website can be navigated by using the tab key to traverse the elements of each page and by using the enter key to activate a highlighted link. 

Structured, Semantic Markup 

HTML heading tags are used to convey the document structure. Navigation menus are tagged as HTML maps so that the menu title can be read out, and the menu items are presented as a group. Please see our Site Map for easy navigation at: https://www.hotelshocardnyc.com/site-map 
 

Images Visibility 

All content images include descriptive ALT attributes and all purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes. 

Standards Compliance 

The site is designed to conform to Level AA compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 and use structured semantic markup. 

Accessibility References 

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, which explains the reasons behind each guideline. 
• Section 508, Information and news about the accessibility standards introduced by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Accessibility Software and Services 

The following tools and services are available for free to assist you with viewing and interacting with our website: 

• Click Here for HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.