Housekeeping
The Dangers of Third-hand Smoke in Hotels
Most of us have heard the term “second-hand smoke.” This is the smoke that comes from the end of a lighted cigarette or is exhaled by a smoker. It’s airborne and noticeable because it has a distinct odor. Some studies indicate that frequent inhaling of second-hand smoke can be as dangerous—if not more so—to the nonsmoker as it is to people who do smoke. Now a new term has emerged: “third-hand smoke.” ...
Extending the Longevity of Your Costly Carpet
Here’s an investment that is almost too good to be true: spend $1 per year to reduce periodic capital expenditures that are at least $25. At the same time the guest experience will greatly improve!...
Products Nov. 15, 2011
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Behind the Scenes Nov. 15
Operational insight to help keep your property running at full speed....
Products Oct. 15, 2011
New and innovative products for the hotel industry....
Behind the Scenes Oct. 15
Operational insight to help keep your property running at full speed...
Products Sept 1, 2011
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Products August 15, 2011
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Products June 15, 2011
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Why It Pays for Hotels to Be Pet Friendly
When Philip and Cherie Crouch traveled, the couple wanted to take their chows with them, but it wasn’t easy to find a place to stay. Today, Phil and Cherie are general manager and assistant general manager, respectively, of two hotels in Needles, CA, the Best Western Colorado River Inn and Rio del Sol Inn. They’ve made hos-PET-ality part of their daily business. ...
Mold Eradication: Protecting Lodging from Lawsuits
Owners and operators of hotels, motels or any lodging establishment need no reminders about the ever-present threat of mold along with the litigation associated with its discovery. ...
Products April 2011
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Hersha Hospitality Management Helps Clean the World
Hersha Hospitality Management takes its obligation as a steward of the environment seriously. The Philadelphia-based operator of more than 80 diverse lodging properties recently partnered with Clean the World, a non-profit group that fights the spread of preventable diseases by recycling hotel soaps and bottled amenities. Like all its sustainability and social action initiatives, Hersha looks at the partnership as a way to do well by doing good....
Products Feb. 15, 2011
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Maintaining Laundry Can Affect Your Bottom Line
Over the past decade, the trend in the hospitality industry has been toward providing customers with high-end towels and bedding. This increased emphasis on linens has led to sustained pressure on hotel laundry facilities to improve throughput rates while preserving high quality fabrics....
Don’t Let Bed Bugs Bite Your Business
A Congressional Forum on the topic of bed bugs was held in Washington, D.C., last November. At the forum, Missy Henrikson, vice president of public affairs for the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), called bed bugs a “global pandemic.” She went on to say that bed bugs “are the single most difficult pest to treat.”...
Products Jan. 15, 2011
Innovations in hotel products and services....
Behind the Scenes Feb. 15, 2011
BED BUGS A global pandemic. That's what Missy Henrikson, the vice president of public affairs for the National Pest Management Association, called the...
