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Housekeeping

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, housekeeping means: The hotel department that cleans and prepares guest rooms and public areas and looks after towels, sheets and room supplies.

In Turkish: kat hizmetleri, housekeeping

How it is used

Guests call housekeeping for extra towels, pillows or cleaning. Inside the hotel, staff say housekeeping has released a room when it is clean and ready. The head of the department is the executive housekeeper or housekeeping manager.

Example sentences

  1. Housekeeping will bring you an extra blanket in a few minutes.

  2. The guests for 412 are waiting in the lobby. Can you ask housekeeping when the room will be ready?

Common collocations

  • call housekeeping
  • housekeeping department
  • housekeeping staff
  • executive housekeeper
  • housekeeping service
  • room attendantA housekeeping employee who cleans guest rooms, makes the beds and restocks towels and supplies.
  • linenIn a hotel, all the cloth items used in rooms and restaurants, such as sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, towels and tablecloths.
  • turndown serviceAn evening housekeeping service in which the room is tidied, the bed is prepared for sleeping and the curtains are closed.
  • make up a roomTo clean and tidy a hotel room, make the bed and replace towels and supplies so that it is ready for the guest.
  • out of orderNot working; for a hotel room, closed for repairs and taken off sale until the problem is fixed.

More terms: Housekeeping

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