How to Clean a Hotel Lobby
A clean hotel lobby serves as the best company calling card. Just like eyes are the windows to the soul, hotel lobbies reflect the company’s brand, setting the stage for the rest of the experience. Depending on the property, hotel lobbies can be funky or formal, cozy or corporate, or anything in between. But no matter the vibe, spotlessly clean hotel lobbies are a must.
Yet, maintaining clean hotel lobbies and entryways can be challenging for managers already facing labor shortages and elevated costs. Here’s the best way to clean hotel lobbies for maximum customer satisfaction.
Hotel Rooms: A Cleaning Conundrum
Daily hotel room cleaning, once a given even for budget accommodations, was paused during the height of COVID as a safety measure. The pandemic may be over, but that policy remains—much to the chagrin of travelers and cleaning staff alike.
Hotel managers, however, like the idea of opt-in room cleaning. In their eyes it saves time, money, and cleaning supplies. But mostly, the policy responds to extreme staffing shortages. The hotel industry remains 100,000 jobs below its pre-pandemic level, according to American Hotel & Lodging Association, with some hoteliers saying the shortage is so severe it’s affecting their ability to operate.
Clean Hotel Lobbies: No Room for Error
Daily room cleaning may be a thing of the past but spotlessly clean hotel lobbies will always be expected. Guests may not think about rising costs or labor shortages, but they do want Instagram-worthy spaces that feel special. And are, of course, perfectly maintained.
Sustaining this elevated level of clean with limited staff will be challenging. Hotel lobbies are busy and need a lot of attention. Workers must tidy throughout the day and deep clean every night. Cleaning jobs include sanitizing touchpoints, spot cleaning upholstery, dusting, emptying trash cans, and taking care of floors.
Accomplishing this kind of clean can be laborious and time consuming, especially with traditional tools like mops, rags, vacuums, and commercial carpet cleaning machines.
A Better Way to Clean Hotel Lobbies
The All Floor™ from Kaivac offers a better way to clean hotel lobby floors and more. The All Floor combines the best features of vacuums, floor scrubbers, and commercial carpet cleaning machines into one easy to use tool.
With the All Floor, workers can move seamlessly between hard and carpeted surfaces, cleaning over 25,000 square feet per hour. A wand attachment and extra-long hose make it easy to service hard to reach areas without having to move furnishings. There are attachments for spot cleaning upholstery, removing carpet stains, and dusting delicate decor items. The tool also cleans and extracts entrance matting.
Even more appealing, the All Floor is easy to learn and simple to use. Overburdened maintenance crews will appreciate how quickly they master the tool. Managers will enjoy eliminating the expense of needing to buy and maintain multiple tools and machines. And guests will be impressed with clean hotel lobby floors and surfaces.
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