Question: My corporate-owned property has many groups during the week, but getting those rooms ready for weekend guests is stressful. Every minute guests wait in my lobby is a minute too long. How can I ask my housekeeping team to be more efficient in turning rooms from vacant dirty to vacant clean?

These machines may be light and nimble, but they are also powerful. With a choice of 500 psi or 150 psi, these systems are more than adequate to thoroughly remove surface soils and contaminants.

Industrywide cutbacks prompt demand for increased staff, cleaning efficiency.

The H1N1 flu virus has caused some people to stop traveling. The virus is not much different than the seasonal flu, and your hotel needs to communicate that message to the public while also making some operational changes.

While laundry efficiency can be gained from productive equipment, in terms of labor, the most improvement still comes from well-thought-out staffing and room layout.

A buzzword in hospitality is efficiency, and it pertains to business operations and new environmental practices. In the laundry room, high-efficiency equipment and new cleaning methods can provide both.

Language barriers can cause a variety of problems in the workplace, especially in hospitality, where communication is key. The best strategies in overcoming these issues involve finding common ground and using it as everyone's reference point, which works in both large- and small-scale ways.

This special report on mobile communication trends in the hospitality industry includes articles on guest connectivity, marketing, operations and international trends. Published in August 2009. SPECIAL REPORT BY THE H&MM STAFF

One of the blogs I read regularly asked its readers what they do to make working from a hotel room a bearable experience. Number one on most commenters' lists was to remove all literature/menus/magazines from the desk and put them somewhere else. See what else readers had to say.

Interest in green cleaning among hotel owners is due in part to the fact it’s good for the environment and for people. But it’s also good for business.