What are the first things you do when you arrive at your new hotel room or Airbnb? Jump on the bed to test its firmness? Unpack your clothes? Check for bedbugs? You may want to add a quick cleaning to ...

When it comes to hotel cleaning failures, the one Bill Mapp saw on a recent trip to Richmond, Virginia, is a standout. After checking in and getting settled at an all-suites property, Mapp, a ...

There's nothing like checking into a hotel room to mark the official start of your vacation. But there are a few things you ...

Tanya Varevskaya is one busy housekeeper. "Our procedures have changed a little bit since COVID-19," she says. "Remotes, telephones, coffee makers. Everything we disinfect." It’s her job to sanitize ...

More than a hundred hotel workers and their supporters marched on a grey day last February, wearing bright red knit hats and carrying signs with a message: CLEAN HOTEL ROOMS SAVE JOBS. In the tourism ...

Darren Dowling's image of his tidied-up hotel room went viral on Facebook, leading to a debate over the responsibilities of guests. Darren Dowling/Facebook While most hotel guests rely on housekeeping ...

When checking into a hotel, most of us instinctively inspect how spotless the room appears, scrutinising everything from the ...

A woman on TikTok has sparked a debate that many people didn't even know existed. When traveling, she likes to make sure that her hotel room is clean — I'm sure no one would disagree that a clean ...

An Assembly committee took up a bill that would repeal COVID-19 era cleaning standards for hotels, with opponents arguing hotels would no longer clean rooms daily and hotel representatives countering ...

The hotel industry says doing away with daily room cleanings keeps guests and staff safe. But housekeepers say it is a step toward cutting earnings and job security. By Tariro Mzezewa In the past four ...