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> Management of Linen - Page 7
HIRE OF LINE:
Although all the five star and even three star
hotels has the complete requirement of the linen with them in circulations.
At times when some extra burden or movement is there in the hotel the linen
room might have to look upon some hired linen to cater to this extra slot of
the guest. Generally the linen hiring requirement exercise is done for the
Food & Beverages' Banquet requirement, as it can need large linen
requirement.
Apart from the hire of the linen for the F&B
service a few hotel at the initial does not involve the high capital for the
purchase of the linen but on the other hand run into contract with the linen
suppliers on hire. The contract is done after arriving at the decision of
the hire about the linen supply and cleaning procedure. This kind of set up
is not evident in general in the hotel industry but can be seen in Hospitals
and Hostels. The owner or the housekeeper always ensures the quality of the
linen before running into the hire contract. The hiring of the linen is done
on the basis of the par requirement of the hotel, hospital or the hostel.
PAR CALCULATION OF THE HOTEL:
One par of linen refers to the quantity of the
linen required to set all the room and dining place of the hotel ready for
operations. For example in a hotel of 80 double and 20 single room and 40
cover restaurant of 10 tables, each of four covers, one par of the line will
be in general:
One
Par Three & Half / Four Par
Bed Sheet Double
160 560
Bed Sheet Single
80 280
Wrinkled Bed Sheet Double
80 280
Wrinkle Bed Sheet Single
40 140
Pillow
Cover 400 1400
Bath
towel 200 700
Hand
Towel 200 700
Face
Towel 200 700
Bath
Mat 100 350
Blanket
Double 80 100
Blanket
Single 40 50
Mattress Protector Double
80 100
Mattress Protector
40 50
Table
Cloth 10 40
Napkin 40
160
Waiter's
Cloth 10 40
Table
Mat 40 160
Wiping
Sheet 7 28
A five star hotel or a three star hotel generally
operates on three and half par of room linen, four par of restaurant linen
and three par of banquet linen (If heavy banquets are there than the same
par level is five). For the restaurants four par of linen is considered as
the restaurant line faces a lot of soiling in its day to day use which at
times need special care in laundry, thus delaying the wash process.
In actual a hotel operate on three par of line
the half par extra is kept for the extra bed requirement and special
occasion when the rooms are sold twice a day or the evening service demands
for the change of the linen. For a small hotel with high turn over the same
linen requirement can be upto four pars. The room items like blanket and
mattress protector or duvet are generally kept in one and a quarter par only
as they are washed once in a month or two.
The cycle of circulation for three par of the
linen is as follows:
Day One:
One par of the linen is withdrawn from the
room and sent in the laundry.
The second par is put in the room to
complete the room making which is collected from the linen room.
Day Two:
The dirty linen, which was put in the room on Day 1,
is withdrawn and sent for washing.
Second par of the line is put in room to
complete the room making which is collected from the line room.
The third par, which has been washed,
ironed and folded, is sent to the linen room from the laundry (the same
linen which as sent on Day 1 for washing from the rooms).
Thus the circulation of the three par of the
linen with in-house laundry easily supports the hotel operation. If in case
the laundry is contracted and outsourced than the linen requirement rises to
four and a half par as due to any reason the laundered might delay the
delivery of the linen. Also the washed linen off thee previous day is
delivered at the time of collection of the dirty line for the day which is
in general the afternoon after all the rooms are ready. This fact mean that
the linen room receives the linen only on delivery of the dirty to the
laundered thus the balance in the linen room after the morning withdrawal
for the floors will be just the half par, which is not sufficient in
emergency.
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