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Housekeeping: The
face Value of the
Lodging Services
The Housekeeping Department
Generally,
people get attracted to things which are
both clean and orderly due to its pleasant
appearance and how it creates a feeling of peace
and calmness.
Housekeeping is a professional word for such effort
to clean and ensure that everything is kept as its
best and ready to receive any one at any time most
especially those who are willing to pay for the
provision of such atmosphere.
Two major types of housekeeping
➢ Domestic Housekeeping – a set of
activities performed on your own home.
➢Institutional Housekeeping - is a
controlled and systematized procedure of
addressing the maintenance of a
commercial establishment such of lodging
facilities.
Housekeeping is a department initially held the
responsibility of maintaining the cleanliness and
the orderliness in any lodging facility alone.
Cleanliness is the main selling point of its
products.
This department serves as the highest generating
unit, also given the largest area of responsibility
and widest scope of service as well as manned by
the biggest number of manpower to ensure that
gregarious performances of each individual guest
are met.
Mission of
Housekeeping
Department
Mission of Housekeeping Department
Creation of market appeal and aesthetic value for
the establishment
Provision of clean, orderly and safe environment
for the guest and staff
Contribution of profits through maximization of
room usage.
Protection of company investments proper
maintenance of the property, furniture and
fixtures.
Housekeeping
Functions for
Hotel Operation
Housekeeping Functions for Hotel Operation
Providea clean, safe and orderly environment for
everyone.
Arrange and design the guestrooms and public areas of
the hotel.
Assist on guest demands and preference.
Develop standard cleaning procedures for the whole
establishment.
Collaborate with other departments to ensure
fulfillment of guest needs and organizational goals
The People Behind the Service
Among all the hotel departments, it is the housekeeping that employs the most
number of employees that ranges fro 40-50% . The profitability of the operation
will solely depend on the higher the rete of turnover of each room. Incase the of
lodging facilities which offers a variable number of hours per stay, every minute of
room cleaning can be considered lost sale.
The department is labor intensive since it operates 24 hrs a day providing guest
with rooms and their request, assessing other departments with operational
requirements and fulfilling the management’s vision of creating a comfortable stay
for the public.
Repairs or fabricate
all forms of linen
products as required
by hotel operation.
Cloakroom Attendant
Maintains the
cleanliness of the
common guest
toilet.
Housemen
Tends to mostly heavy
and thorough cleaning
duties like doing the
carpet, cleaning
windows, which are
located in public areas.
Custodian
Primary responsibility
is to replenish stocks
and make necessary
posting.
Desk Supervisor
Mans the control center of the
housekeeping closely
monitoring the attendance and
performance output of
housekeeping staff and
operation of the whole
department.
Night Supervisor