❄ 3 Great Hospitality Gifts for the Holiday Season ❄

The holiday season is a time of year that brings joy to many people. People are excited to be reunited with family members and friends after a long, busy year. They enjoy traveling during the holiday season to take a break from the daily routine of their lives. The holidays also symbolize a time of giving, and properties can advertise hospitality gifts to their guests. Presents are often given to others to show their appreciation for one another. The holiday season is a wonderful time for the hospitality industry to showcase some of their great products that can be offered as gifts. Properties can suggest some of their gift ideas through a gift shop. Some great hospitality gifts can include sheets, towels, and robes.

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Gift Shops: 1 Creative Way to add Revenue to Your Hospitality Business

Many people choose to pursue careers in the hospitality industry because they are passionate about serving other people and giving them memorable experiences. The primary goal for lodging professionals is making sure their guests have a comfortable and relaxing stay at their property. This involves adding high-quality bedding, amenities, food, and beverages. One of the best compliments a property owner can hear from a customer is that they enjoyed something in the property so much that they would like to have one for themselves. This could be sheets, towels, robes, amenities like shampoo or conditioner, etc. Luckily, guests can have their wishes fulfilled and the business can add a stream of revenue if the property offers their desired products for purchase. Sheets are generally the most popular item guests look for, and this blog will primarily focus on how properties can implement a gift shop program for their guests.

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Towel Warmers: 3 Reasons They are Hospitality Luxury at Its Finest

Hospitality professionals are always trying to think of ways to make their property more unique. In previous blogs, ideas such as offering pleasant-smelling amenities, updating the bedding with top sheets, and developing sustainable ideas such as composting have been suggested. The bathroom is a room where properties can become more memorable. Most guests will expect to see a sink, a shower, a towel rack, and maybe a bathtub when checking in to their room. Did you ever think about adding a tower warmer to take it to the next level? This is an item that showcases luxury and will leave guests impressed.

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5 Overlooked and Economical Hospitality Products that Increase Guest Satisfaction

Property managers and innkeepers have many roles and responsibilities in order to keep a property running smoothly for its guests. It can be stressful maintaining and ordering hospitality products, preparing meals, and keeping the rooms clean. If you are one who manages a property, have you ever asked yourself what the most important role you have as a manager is? Two common responses are making sure the guest has a pleasant and comfortable experience and managing the cost of doing this. Some common examples might be serving delicious meals, having appropriate amenities like a flat screen television, wifi, and a friendly staff to make the guests feel welcome. This blog will offer five low-cost ideas that can help enhance the overall positive experiences for guests.

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Important Benefits of Antimicrobial Products in Hospitality

Antimicrobial products or agents kill or reduce the spread microorganisms including bacteria and viruses. Antimicrobials are usually added in to a product to make it more effective and keep it fresh. These products will reduce the chances of guests getting sick.

It would be hard to find a day in the news during 2020 when there hasn’t been a mention of topics surrounding germs or viruses. The hospitality industry has been affected and made many changes to their daily operations to help promote sanitation and cleanliness. Many in the industry have even changed the types of linens they use at their properties. A trend that has been rising over the past few months is linens that are antimicrobial. As innkeepers try to take the best care of their guests, many have found that antimicrobial linens are a good way to improve the quality of their properties. This blog will explain what antimicrobial means, the differences between antimicrobial vs antibacterial, the benefits of antimicrobial linens, and different types of antimicrobial products we offer.

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Revamp, Refresh, Recover with Your Hospitality Property

With all the changes the hospitality industry has recently experienced, this is a great opportunity to spruce up your hospitality property. It may include updating your amenities, changing the bedding, adjusting the food menu, painting, or adding in new furniture. As travel begins to resume, you will start seeing an increase in the number of guests booking reservations at your hospitality property. You may want to advertise a “mini-reopening.” This blog will offer you some ideas on adding amenities, top of the bed linens, and towels.

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Hospitality Industry 101: How to Efficiently Become an Innkeeping Professional

It’s the start of a new year. It often marks a time where people wonder if they should make changes in their life including their career. Are you already working in the hospitality industry or have you thought about joining it? While becoming an innkeeper can be challenging, this blog will help make your preparations easier if joining the hospitality industry is something you are interested in pursuing. Whether you want to break into the hospitality industry or if you are already in the industry, this blog recommend some start-up items that will get you started and keep you going in the hospitality industry. There is a wide range of products that will be needed to satisfy your guests. This can include food and beverages, entertainment, and linens such as bedding, towels, and napkins.

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Monogramming Your Robes, Towels, Bed, Bath and Table Linens

Monogramming for Innkeepers

Many of our bed-and-breakfast, country inn and upscale hotel customers provide monogrammed robes in every guest room. Innkeepers find their guests love these robes and quite often want to purchase them. Simply putting a small tag on the robe hanger can explain to the guest that if they wish to purchase the robes, new robes are available for sale at the front desk.

Some innkeepers have little shops or a few shelves behind the front desk where they show inventory of many of the monogrammed items used in the rooms. Monogramming your robes not only reminds guests where they stayed but also brings back the many fond memories they made while staying at your property.

Crests, logos and initials can be monogrammed on all bath and bedding items. All monogrammed orders must be approved before work can be completed.

We use a two-step approval process:

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Bath Towels, Bath Sheets & Pool Towels

Bath Towels

We have many customers asking us about the best size to purchase in a bath towel. Many years ago the most popular size of a bath towel was 27”x 50”. As the years went by, manufacturers were offering larger sizes starting with 27”x 54” up to 30”x 56” for a bath towel and in some cases 30”x 60” or 34”x 64”(in the past, considered a bath sheet size). Customers are requesting large bath towels which will wrap around their body. Larger bath towels are, in most cases, more luxurious in size, weight, cotton content and softness. Most bath towels can fit on a normal size towel bar.

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Beware of Chlorine Bleach & Fabric Softener

Do not use Chlorine Bleach on your sheeting or towels as it will cause fading and discoloration. It breaks down and permanently weakens the cotton fibers. It is important to ensure that your linens do not come in contact with face creams or toothpaste as these may leave stains on your towels or sheets. All stains need to be treated properly before they are put into the washer and dryer. If a stain is not caught before it hits the washer and dryer, the stain will set. Try to use makeup remover towels to remove makeup such as our InnStyle makeup remover towels or Facial Wipes (you will save many towels, washcloths and pillowcases if using these). When washing your linens, use an oxygen-based product or a product without a brightener and fragrance to wash the linens. Brighteners in washing detergents can leave white spots. Oxygen based products are safe for use on almost all washable fabrics including color fabrics. When using an oxygen-based product, the chemical ingredient oxidizes to help remove soil and organic matter brightening the fabric and removing stains without taking out the color of the fabric.

Fabric softener is also Not Recommended!! Fabric softener is designed to coat fibers in oils, waxes and fragrances that might make the fabric feel soft but the build-up of chemicals can damage the fabric and make it less absorbent. In addition, fabric softeners clog the pores of cottons including Egyptian cotton . This applies to any sheeting or toweling. It prevents the cotton from breathing and it decreases the luster and gloss of the appearance. High quality Cottons including Egyptian cotton linens do not need to be treated with fabric softener. The Cotton will become softer naturally, without fabric softener, after repeated washings and dryings.

The InnStyle staff would be happy to go over proper care of our fine linens with you. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.