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Staying Vigilant: Housekeeping’s Role in Creating a Bed Bug-Free Haven

In the hospitality industry, maintaining a clean and comfortable environment for guests is extremely important. However, one persistent challenge that can mar the reputation...

Housekeeping’s Role in Combatting Human Trafficking

Human trafficking generates about $150 billion a year globally in illegal profits and poses a complicated challenge for both hotel chains and independent properties....
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Housekeeping’s Role in Supporting a ‘Responsible Stay’

With the recent launch of AHLA’s Responsible Stay initiative and its endorsement by numerous Association members, state Association partners, and independent properties, let’s take...
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The New Guestroom Cleaning Protocol

As hotels continue to struggle to fully staff their housekeeping departments in a post-COVID environment, many properties are opting to offer guestroom cleaning only...
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The Road Back: Ensuring Housekeeping Operations Meet Renewed Expectations

Among the pandemic’s more manageable impacts on hotel operations was the immediate need to retrain housekeeping staff on sanitation practices. Dan Paola, VP of...
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A Dual Target: Hotel Executives on What It Takes to Be ‘Bleisure’ Ready

The portmanteau “bleisure”—a mashup of “business” and “leisure”—denotes a phenomenon for our time, a time when technology makes it possible to work, even long-term,...
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Solid Foundation

What initially inspired you to get into the hospitality business? 
 I always gravitated toward taking care of people and wanted to be part of the...

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Acquires Nomadix and GlobalReach

STOCKHOLM—ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions has announced that it is acquiring Nomadix, Inc. and GlobalReach in the United States and the United Kingdom. With both...
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