THE PULBIC AREA IN HOTELS ARE:
- Entrance
- Lobbies
- Front office
- Elevators
- Stair case
- Guest corridors
- Banquet hall
- Health club
- Swimming pool
ENTRANCE:
Guest get their first impression of hotel from the entrance lobby. Entrances which are not cleaned and maintains daily, it will become unpleasant for the guest due to heavy traffic and exposure. So proper & daily cleaning is required in this areas.
LOBBIES:
There are common meeting points of the guest near the reception. Many lobbies are carpeted while others are hard flooring. Floors in the lobbies are need to be cleaned frequently, since these are spaces where guest interact, relax etc.
FRONT OFFICE:
Housekeeping department is responsible for this public area cleaning and maintaining of front office because front office is the face of the hotel, so daily cleaning of the department is required.
ELEVATORS:
Elevators must be cleaned at the time of day when it is least used. the necessary boards indicating the cleaning is carried out must be displayed properly. Elevators should be cleaned daily and more through cleaning may be done on periodic basis.
STAIR CASE:
Stair case should be cleaned when there is less traffic.
While cleaning of staircase care should be taken that dirt and dust do not fall downwards.
GUEST CORRIDORS:
While cleaning of the corridors necessary boards indicating the public area cleaning is carried on must be displayed properly.
The cleaning tasks of guest corridors are:
- Carpets should be vacuumed regularly.
- Any finger marks on walls should be cleaned.
- All the wall painting should be dusted everyday.
BANQUET HALL:
Banquet hall is mainly used for conferences, wedding etc. so proper public area cleaning is required for this department.
HEALTH CLUB:
Health club is another hotel facility provided to the guest to exercise and work out. so properly cleaning of machine is required daily because it is the busiest areas. proper dusting of the equipment, cleaning of the glass windows, cleaning of carpet floor.
SWIMMING POOL:
Regular public area cleaning and disinfecting of the swimming pool is important for the point of hygiene. if not regularly cleaned swimming pool may becomes carriers of water borne disease.