William D. Frye
Dr. William D. Frye is a hospitality educator, researcher, consultant, and former hotel general manager. He is the co-author of AHLEI’s housekeeping textbook Managing Housekeeping Operations.
Spring Cleaning: Complete Those Often-Overlooked Tasks
April is the ideal month for housekeeping departments to focus on those projects that often go overlooked most of the year. Now that winter is over, focus on knocking out this list of spring...
How to Make a Bed in Under Five Minutes
The trick to bed-making efficiency is to reduce movement around the bed and to minimize unnecessary movements that will consume time and possibly tire the housekeeper. Here are steps to making a faster bed:
Stripping...
Tips for Deep Cleaning a Hotel Guestroom
For many hotels, the slower winter months are a perfect time to ramp up deep cleaning efforts in guestrooms. Deep cleaning is the process of taking a room out of a hotel’s salable inventory...
Do Not Disturb: Honoring Guest Privacy
It’s critical that managers train personnel about the importance of honoring do-not-disturb signs, but there’s a limit to how long employees should respect a guest’s privacy before entering the room. Here are a few...
The Germiest Places in a Hotel Guestroom
Given that a hotel guestroom may house hundreds of different travelers each year, cleanliness is of paramount importance to prevent the transfer of germs from one guest to the next. Room attendants should place...