How Hotels Could Benefit From Bacteria-Killing Lighting
After her grandmother contracted MRSA during a hospital stay, Colleen Costello co-founded Vital Vio, a company that makes bacteria-killing lighting to combat the spread...
The Future of Hotel Housekeeping
When the LODGING team first met Maidbot founder and CEO Micah Green in 2016, his company was a small robotics startup in the midst...
Overcoming Three Common Disruptions to Efficient Housekeeping
Housekeeping is a methodical and repetitive process that requires acute attention to detail. To ensure that nothing is missed, room attendants are trained to...
Taking Measures To Keep Housekeepers Safe
With the Thanksgiving Holiday season upon us, it's a good time to show gratitude to some of the most important people in hotel operations:...
Three Tips for Training New Room Attendants
Guestroom cleaning is labor intensive, repetitive, and requires careful attention to detail. Hence, it is understandable that when training new room attendants, it will...
Comparing European and American Hotel Laundry Models
When U.S. travelers stay at European hotels, they may notice a few differences: the room and bed sizes may vary from what they're typically...
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Five Hotel Companies Among Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Five hotel companies made the recently released 21st annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is based on surveyed employee ratings...
What Are Your True Variable Costs Per Occupied Room?
Knowing the average, actual costs incurred per occupied guestroom enables a manager to make more prudent pricing and marketing decisions and to monitor expenses....
Five Markets With the Most Hotel Construction
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics recently reported the top five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines for the third quarter of 2018. The number...
12 Ways To Increase Hotel Security
Even when hotels have strong security policies and procedures in place, they are still vulnerable to cyber attacks, break-ins, theft, fraud, and other crimes....
