Thursday, 18 June 2015
Monday, 23 March 2015
The Dirty Truth About Public Bathrooms
How clean are your public bathrooms? Do they just LOOK clean? Or are they really clean—deep down? And does your staff really know how to handle the need to get rid of the down and dirty? According to a recent survey, many public toilets are not as clean as they should be.
Restroom maintenance is an important daily task with which most facility management professionals are familiar, since restrooms are a frequently used area in any facility and their upkeep can affect public perceptions. But in the survey, conducted by ISSA and Clorox Professional Products Co., it’s difficult for some managers to uncover what it takes to keep this critical area in top shape.
View this post on FacilityExecutive.com to know some truths about Public Bathrooms.
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Thursday, 5 March 2015
Facility Contingency Plans For Terrorist Attacks
Recently, leading security expert Chris Phillips, founder and managing director of the UK-based firm International Protect and Prepare Security Office (IPPSO), said that the attack on the Lindt café in Sydney, Australia highlights the need for all crowded places to have a contingency plan for implementation in the event of a terrorist attack.
Speaking on behalf of Counter Terror Expo, an conference and expo to be held April 21-22, 2015 in London, Phillips said, “We have to face the reality that locations such as primary schools, shopping malls, and leisure centers are all potential targets for terrorist attack today. They should all develop and rehearse an emergency response plan just as they do with fire drills.”
With the assaults occurring in France this week—the terror attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, followed by the related hostage situations at a printing plant in Dammartin-en-Goele and a supermarket in eastern Paris, Phillips’ list of recommendations are brought to the fore of many facility professionals’ minds. (News outlets are currently reporting all terrorists have been killed.) While the Charlie Hebdo offices and the printing plant are not public, crowded facilities, managers in all settings can benefit from these tips.
Click here to read more about the recommendations he has to make drawing on his extensive experience.
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Friday, 23 January 2015
Tips to Improve Efficiency and Save Money in a Hotel's Housekeeping Department
Housekeeping is not only the largest department in terms of number
of employees, it is also the department responsible for continuously
maintaining the largest amount of physical space in the hotel. Since
housekeeping as a department is not responsible for generating any revenue, every
housekeeping manager should always make controlling their department’s expenses
a top priority.
Here are some tips from Gilles Arditi, President of Southwind
Hospitality, to make a substantial positive impact on your housekeeping
practices – to help you create a checklist to reduce costs and increase
efficiency, and perhaps even turn around an entire department.
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Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Organizing Housekeeping to Improve Workflow
Every housekeeping department deals with cleanliness and all
ancillary service attached to that. For hotels, the standard of housekeeping
plays an important role in determining its standard. With accommodation being
the highest revenue generating department there, it is natural for housekeeping
to be the largest department.
Good organization is the greatest requirement for effective
housekeeping services, said Shane Nicolopolous, director of rooms for the Hyatt
Regency Scottsdale. See how organizing the housekeeping improves the workflow
efficiency.
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Source: Hotelmanagement.net
The Role of a Manager in Housekeeping in the Hotel Industry
Housekeeping management is at the core
of hotel operations and can make the difference between a reputed hotel and one
that guests are unlikely to visit again. The primary housekeeping duty is to
ensure the cleanliness and orderliness of hotel rooms and to ascertain that
they are properly stocked with the supplies to which guests are entitled. A
hotel housekeeping manager not only supervises housekeepers in conducting their
duties but also investigates any complaints guests make and takes corrective
action.
View the various roles that a housekeeping
manager has to play in a hotel industry.
Source: Houston Chronicle
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