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Room inspection

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, room inspection means: A check by a housekeeping supervisor that a cleaned room meets the hotel's standards before it is given to a new guest.

In Turkish: oda kontrolü, oda denetimi

How it is used

Supervisors use a checklist to inspect rooms: bed, bathroom, minibar, amenities, lights and remote controls. Only after inspection is the room status changed to inspected or ready. The verb is inspect: "Has 410 been inspected yet?"

Example sentences

  1. The room inspection found hair in the shower, so the attendant had to clean it again.

  2. VIP rooms get a second room inspection by the executive housekeeper.

Common collocations

  • room inspection checklist
  • carry out a room inspection
  • pass inspection
  • inspect a room
  • room statusThe current condition of a room in the hotel system, such as vacant clean, vacant dirty, occupied or out of order.
  • housekeeperA person who works in a hotel's housekeeping department; the head of the whole department is called the executive housekeeper.
  • room attendantA housekeeping employee who cleans guest rooms, makes the beds and restocks towels and supplies.
  • 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.

More terms: Housekeeping

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