This document outlines 10 cost control measures for housekeeping at a hotel property. It recommends precisely using only necessary cleaning chemicals to eliminate 50% of chemical costs. It also suggests encouraging towel and linen reuse, regular preventive maintenance to save 10% of costs, and reusing leftover bathroom amenities for cleaning. Further measures include printing on both sides of paper, turning off unused systems, keeping some amenities on-call to halve costs, doing in-house laundry to save 20% of costs, bulk purchasing to save on costs, and upselling services to guests to create additional revenue.
This document outlines 10 cost control measures for housekeeping at a hotel property. It recommends precisely using only necessary cleaning chemicals to eliminate 50% of chemical costs. It also suggests encouraging towel and linen reuse, regular preventive maintenance to save 10% of costs, and reusing leftover bathroom amenities for cleaning. Further measures include printing on both sides of paper, turning off unused systems, keeping some amenities on-call to halve costs, doing in-house laundry to save 20% of costs, bulk purchasing to save on costs, and upselling services to guests to create additional revenue.
This document outlines 10 cost control measures for housekeeping at a hotel property. It recommends precisely using only necessary cleaning chemicals to eliminate 50% of chemical costs. It also suggests encouraging towel and linen reuse, regular preventive maintenance to save 10% of costs, and reusing leftover bathroom amenities for cleaning. Further measures include printing on both sides of paper, turning off unused systems, keeping some amenities on-call to halve costs, doing in-house laundry to save 20% of costs, bulk purchasing to save on costs, and upselling services to guests to create additional revenue.
1) EXACT USE OF CHEMICALS WHICH ARE SUITABLE TO THIS PROPERTY
Right now we are using R1, R2, R3, R4, R5,R6,R7,R9,Nobile, Terenova,Spiral HD,As property just need R1,R2,R6,R7,Spiral HD so it will eliminate 50% of our cost on chemicals 2) ENCOURAGING GUEST TO REUSE TOWELS Will try on encouraging guest also to reuse your linen for longer days.
3) STAYING ON REGULAR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Staying on regular preventive maintenance will save our cost by 10% 4) USING UESD BATHROOM AMINITIES FOR PUBLIC AREA CLEANING Again eliminating the chemical cost by using left over bathroom amenities in cleaning. 5) Using both side paper for printing 6) Turn off systems when not in use 7) Keeping some guest amenities on call (like slippers,loofah,sanitary bags,shoe shine which cost Is more) which will save half of our amenities cost. 8) In-house laundry Right now we are processing kaftans, dusters, chef aprons, chef caps, and face towels, some of the table cloths in-house which is saving our 20% of cost. 9) Purchase in bulk will cost us less than picking it in smaller quantity, depend upon performance of hotel and expiry of that product but ordering in bulk will save our cost. 10) Upselling or creating revenue wherever possible like for example we need to ask every guest for laundry to be laundered, some doesn’t give because of lack of info.