In the ever-evolving hospitality industry, creating an enjoyable experience for guests is a top priority for hoteliers. An area that often goes unnoticed but has a significant impact on guest satisfaction and laundry.
The hotel laundry service works in all respects, like a real industrial laundry, with the only difference that it is the hotel itself that manages and organizes it. The laundry service in a hotel is certainly one of the most important aspects to manage within the organization of a hospitality facility.
If we think about it for a moment, the main parameters on which hotels are judged are: the cleanliness of the rooms, and the cleanliness and quality of the linen made available, and therefore of the laundry service.
Certainly to guarantee maximum quality, having an internal laundry in the Hotel represents an interesting option both in terms of functionality and safety, but also and above all, in terms of saving on expenses for external suppliers.
Choosing to enrich a hotel with an excellent internal laundry service is therefore a very intelligent choice, but all this obviously brings with it a series of problems, both linked to management and to the choice of the most suitable machinery.
Continue following, because in this article, we will try to understand how to manage a hotel laundry, and which machines to choose.
How to manage a hotel laundry
To correctly manage a hotel laundry, three parameters must generally be taken into account: needs, spaces and workflow. Let’s see what it’s all about:
Knowing your needs means understanding exactly why it is convenient and necessary to start a laundry service inside the hotel. Even if it seems obvious that having clean laundry is the only necessity, in reality there could be others, such as the economic one, linked to the quantity. In many cases, small structures with a small amount of materials to wash do not find it convenient to have their own laundry. The set-up and management costs would weigh on their finances for too long before being recovered.
However, if you have a structure of considerable size, with many rooms and perhaps even a restaurant, at this point necessity meets convenience. Very often in these structures there is also the need to treat linen of different types and fabrics, sometimes even very valuable ones.
The spaces; managing a hotel laundry in the best possible way also means choosing and organizing the right spaces. The most suitable room must be reserved, both for the preparation of the machinery and for the movement of goods during the work phases. It should be spacious and accessible, with plenty of shelves and shelves to store clean linen, with doors and windows to allow for ventilation. Furthermore, it must be sufficiently remote and soundproofed if possible, so as not to produce any acoustic nuisance for guests.
Once the previous parameters have been set and respected, all that remains is to set up the workflow. This will be vital to the effective management of this service. Setting up a workflow means knowing precisely and consecutively what the phases of this process will be, from start to finish. Let’s be clear, each hotel will have its own, which will vary depending on its characteristics, but in general, a good workflow could be divided into these phases:
collection of dirty linen after check-out;
division of laundry based on fabric (different fabrics, different washes);
wash;
drying;
ironing;
distribution of clean linen.
The entire flow, if respected and accompanied by professional machinery, guarantees maximum management and therefore quality.
All of this obviously cannot be done without the right machinery.
Which washing machines and dryers to choose for a hotel laundry
Modern washing machines equipped with advanced technologies can help minimize water and energy consumption while maximizing the efficiency of the laundry process. Choose high-efficiency washers and dryers that save water, use less detergent and use less energy, contributing to significant cost savings in the long run.
The washing machines and dryers to choose for a hotel laundry are undoubtedly of the industrial type. But let’s try to understand why.
In the vast majority of cases, in hotels the types of fabrics to be washed are: bed linen, bath linen, tablecloths and napkins, which need to be washed every day, or several times a day.
This makes us understand that the amount of work to which washing machines and dryers will be subjected will be important, which is why you will have to opt for industrial-type washing machines and dryers, capable of supporting large and constant volumes of work, ensuring maximum reliability.
Furthermore, given the variety of fabrics to be treated, it will be necessary to choose machinery with the greatest number of programs, including sanitization and sanitation programs, given the current times, so as to be able to cover every need, both of the structure and in in case there is a need, even for the customer.
Another important aspect to take into account is energy consumption/savings, and in this regard, it is a good idea to choose washing machines and dryers with inverter motors, capable of varying the washing and spinning speeds, this guarantees considerable energy savings and excellent performances. Furthermore, this type of machinery greatly reduces vibrations during the spinning phase, so they do not have to be fixed to the floor.
Last but not least, it is certainly useful to choose washing machines and dryers of the highest quality possible, capable of lasting over time and guaranteeing maximum performance and certainly also savings.
In this regard, LP Lavanderie | Macchinari industriali per lavanderie – LP Lavanderie is able to provide very high quality machinery, in different formulas, from rental to leasing, also guaranteeing a whole series of services, such as installation and maintenance.
To briefly summarize: the washing machines and dryers to choose for a hotel laundry are:
industrial type;
with as many programs as possible including sanitization and sanitation programs;
with inverter motors, if possible;
of the highest possible quality.
Having said that, all that remains is to choose the ones best suited to you and the needs of your hotel.
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