HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Housekeeping

HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Housekeeping http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:06:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Housekeeping New York: The DSK Maid May Have Ruined It For Housekeepers Everywhere http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/4/84326/69640 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DSK_freeman.jpg" class="top">Update 7/5/11, 8:51pm: The housekeeper as now <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/strauss-kahn-accuser-sues-n-y-post-charging-libel/?scp=6&sq=strauss-kahn&st=cse">sued the NY Post</a> for libel for printing stories that she was a prostitute. In a stunning turn of events late last week, it was revealed that the housekeeper at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+New+York/local/172">Sofitel New York</a> who was allegedly assaulted by IMF head <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dominique strauss-kahn">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</a> was not such an innocent victim after all.The NY Post is claiming that investigators discovered that she had been turning tricks at the hotel with other guests, which lends more credence to DSK's defense that the sex was consensual. She even reportedly resumed her "special trade" at a Brooklyn hotel where the Manhattan District Attorney's office had housed her while the investigation into DSK juliana 2011-07-05T09:00:02-05:00 Los Angeles: This is An Easy Way to Remember To Tip Your Housekeeper http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/1/143832/4485 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ritz_housekeepingcard.JPG" class="top"> Tipping the housekeeper. We all want to do it regularly, we really do. Each hotel stay we glance guiltily at the nightstand before we head out for the day, telling ourselves, "Do not forget to put a tip down for the housekeeper when you get back," but sometimes, you know, we just forget. However, this nifty turndown card seen at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+RITZ+CARLTON+LOS+ANGELES/local/1623">Ritz-Carlton at LA Live</a> in Los Angeles helped us to remember. Place on the nightstand, the card also came with two chocolates, a cute quotation and a helpful weather outlook. And we especially liked how it listed our housekeeper's name, Tracy. Of course, Tracy may have been the one who did the turndown service for that juliana 2011-07-01T16:00:01-05:00 New York: Another Housekeeper in Danger; This Time at The Pierre http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/31/121921/035 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/pierrehousekeeperassault.jpg" class="top"> You would think that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dominique strauss-kahn">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</a> would be a lesson for all pervy politicians with hotel-hopping habits but no, it seems not to have registered with at least one man of power.Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, the former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, was arrested on Sunday for locking a housekeeper at the ritzy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Pierre/local/941">Pierre Hotel</a> in his $900 a night suite and sexually assaulting her. From <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/122847069.html">NBC New York</a>: <blockquote>Law enforcement officials tell NBC New York that when the maid arrived at room 1027 with three boxes of tissues, Omar answered the door wearing a "silk-type" garment and asked her to place them on a table near the bed. According to juliana 2011-05-31T12:30:26-05:00 Take The Good, Take The Bad, Take Them Both And There You Have, The Facts of Housekeeping Life http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/23/14164/0160 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/housekeepingcloset.jpg" class="top"> Cleaning out the housekeeping closet.The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/23/93822/9097/hotels/That_Nasty_DSK_Incident_Might_Be_a_Good_Thing_for_Housekeepers_Everywhere">DSK incident at the Sofitel New York</a> and this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/opinion/23tomsky.html">op-ed in the NY Times</a> have recently put the spotlight on yet another danger for hotel housekeeping--the guests. Not only do housekeepers have to pick up clothes, make and remake the bed, gather up all the wet towels, replace the toiletries and vacuum the rugs but they also have to deal with the sexual desires and habits of guests--some which can be awkwardly funny, some embarrassing or disgusting and occasionally, some that are dangerous. Yes, housekeepers have seen it all. Which is why we're asking all the housekeepers out there to tell us some of their funniest, dirtiest, grossest, awkwardest, craziest juliana 2011-05-23T17:07:22-05:00 That Nasty DSK Incident Might Be a Good Thing for Housekeepers Everywhere http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/23/93822/9097 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/cleaningcartarsenal.jpg" class="top"> As the fallout from the alleged sexual assault of a housekeeper by Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+New+York/local/172">Sofitel New York</a> continues, a silver lining seems to have emerged--folks are starting to pay closer attention to the plight of housekeepers. And it's not just about the strenuous routines <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/11/125628/548/hotels/Your_Hotel_Bed_in_California_Might_Feel_Different_if_This_Proposed_Bill_Passes">making and remaking hotel beds.</a> In this New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/opinion/23tomsky.html">op-ed</a> from a housekeeping manager, Jacob Tomsky writes that housekeepers are routinely subjected to sexual harassment from guests, typically ones who can't keep their clothes on aka creepy flashers. Tomsky also points out that everyday housekeepers are dealing with the unknown. That's because they never know what's behind door 1, 2, 3 or 14 as their room assignments juliana 2011-05-23T14:05:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/