Case Study of the Week: How to Minimize but Not Eliminate Housekeeping Services

Dec 20, 2021

Hospitality

You are to assume the roles of the director of housekeeping services and the director of guest services for Hotel Labree. The general manager has asked you to determine how the hotel can implement guest personalized housekeeping services.

In an effort to minimize the time spent on housekeeping activities, Hotel Labree began offering guests the option to opt-out of housekeeping services upon check-in if the reservation exceeds two nights. As an incentive for opting out of the service, guests are rewarded 500 loyalty points.

This incentive program has had lukewarm results. Guests have communicated that while they do not need full guest room cleaning services, there are many small refreshes they do want and need. One example is a refresh of the free coffee and tea pods.

The general manager of the hotel first wants you to create a list of common simple housekeeping refreshes guests may desire and then determine how the hotel can offer guests the ability to communicate those simple and common housekeeping refreshes to the housekeeping staff.

Questions?

Randi Bibiano
Competitive Events Specialist
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Randi Bibiano is DECA's competitive events specialist. In this role, she conceptualizes and authors role-play scenarios for the collegiate and high school division’s competitive events programs. She also manages DECA's online competitive events and serves as a liaison to volunteer efforts at DECA's educational conferences.

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Classroom Connection

Career CLuster:

Hospitality and Tourism

Instructional Area(s):

Customer Relations

Performance Indicators:

Explain the nature of positive customer relations
Reinforce service orientation through communication
Anticipate unspoken customer needs
Accommodate special needs/specific requests of customers