Housekeeping confessions on cleanliness, guests and belongings makes alarming reading

Housekeeping confessions on cleanliness, guests and belongings makes alarming reading

Blue Swan Daily – 27.8.19

If you are about to head off on your travels and looking forward to some rest and relaxation in an upscale hotel while away for business then you may perhaps want to skip reading the rest of this story. With a four or five star rating and a respected brand behind a property we quite rightly automatically have an expectation over their quality and cleanliness, but what we expect and what is delivered is not always the same, as a new survey reveals the secrets of the hotel room directly from those employed to keep them clean.

For an inside look at the world of housekeeping, cleaning specialist Zoro surveyed nearly 200 professional cleaners in the hospitality industry. From stolen items to the most frequently skipped housekeeping duties, the findings were alarming with a third of housekeepers admitting to making a bed with obvious hair strands on the sheets and another two in five making the bed with conspicuous stains on the sheets. Read more…