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Arming Housekeeping Staff To Perform Bed Bug Inspections

Summer has arrived, ushering in the season of booming bookings and occupancy rates. It can also bring unwanted guests: bed bugs. According to the...
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Clean Tech: How Technology Is Changing Hotel Linens

Richard Ferrell, founder and president of Pürlin, LLC, wasn’t especially tuned into water issues when he lived in Florida. It wasn’t until the longtime...
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Three Housekeeping Investments To Enhance Guestrooms

Hotels typically renovate their guestrooms every five to 10 years. While financial resources must be expended on tangibles like FF&E during a PIP, there...
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Three Technologies for Hotel Guest and Employee Safety

The U.S. hotel industry employs 8 million people and accommodates 5 million guests each day. On a daily basis, hospitality providers are faced with...
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Three Ergonomics Interventions To Prevent Hotel Housekeeping Injury

Ergonomics is defined as the design of the workplace, equipment, machine, tool, product, environment, and system, taking into consideration the human’s physical, physiological, biomechanical,...
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DiamondRock Hospitality Completes Sale of Westin Washington, D.C. City Center

BETHESDA, Maryland—DiamondRock Hospitality Company announced that on Feb. 19, 2025, it completed the sale of the 410-room Westin Washington, D.C. City Center for a...

AHLA: Nearly Two-Thirds of Hotels Report Staffing Shortages

WASHINGTON—Hotels’ efforts including higher pay and a broadening range of benefits have improved staffing levels over the past year, but nearly two-thirds (65 percent)...

CBRE Forecast Shows RevPAR to Increase in 2025

DALLAS, Texas—CBRE forecasted that revenue per available room (RevPAR) will continue to grow in 2025, as urban locations continue to outperform due to improved...
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