The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, Hyderabad, a Greenfield project that turned operational in March 2008, is celebrating 10 years of “sustainability, energy efficiency, carbon neutrality, water conservation and environment friendly waste management”. Sprawling across an area of 5,495 ... Read More »

To enhance the user experience, the Hyderabad airport is all geared up to utilize the power of technology to continuously monitor and elevate the cleanliness quotient of the airport, says SGK Kishore, CEO-GHIAL, in an exclusive interview with Clean India ... Read More »

From yesterday’s paper checklist outside public washrooms in an airport or an office complex that gave the cleaning schedule, the FM services have moved on to digital recording by wireless sensors. Internet of Things enables one to digitally record the ... Read More »

At an era where we speak about robotic cleaning, much of the work even today is accomplished with tools and equipment operated by the cleaner or housekeeper or ‘a professional skilled worker’ or even the popular safai karamchari (municipal worker). ... Read More »

• Cleaning • Waste • Linen care • Vehicle care The prominent shift in consumer preferences made by visitors is evident in the intelligent purchases made during the recently concluded Clean India Technology Week in February. Special Corespondent Mrigank Warrier, ... Read More »

The story of WonderJoeTM was conceptualised last year, when Schevaran India raised the need for an easy-tooperate washroom cleaning machine meeting Indian needs which could achieve a higher level of hygiene. “In five months, Cleanfix engineers came up with a ... Read More »

If you can do business in India, you can do it anywhere. This is a statement that often surfaces especially at international cleaning industry forums. There are a few who have made an instant hit on entering India, some have ... Read More »

One of the challenges in Smart City projects is the planning and executing a comprehensive waste management programme into connecting the various sectors like residential buildings, commercial & industrial establishments, hotels, healthcare institutes, transport sector, public places, tourism spots and ... Read More »

One of the crucial and trying moments that a purchase department encounters – in a manufacturing facility or corporate office, mall, hotel or hospital – is when product prices fluctuate. Especially when it comes to procuring products internationally, based on ... Read More »

Customer Preferences   Products and services, in general, are directly aligned to customers’ preferences which are influenced by factors that are inversely proportionate to their company standards, policies and requirements. As T.K. Chandrashekar-VP Operations, Faber Sindoori Management Services puts it, ... Read More »

Throwing a plastic bottle out of a moving car or bus has been an age-old habit which still exists even among the elite and the educated. Such indiscreet acts of disposing off plastic have led to a life-threatening pollution, forcing ... Read More »

Each year, America celebrates Independence Day on July 4. This year was no different except that on the other side of the Prime Meridian, the 3rd International Housekeepers Summit was being attended by over 300 delegates of 14 nationalities at ... Read More »

Following the excitement of the awards, students of the International Hotel School of Mount Lavinia Hotel walked the ramp displaying hospitality uniforms designed by Natasha Varma Kapoor, NVK Designs Trading LLC, Dubai. Unlike the previous fashion shows held during the ... Read More »

The 2nd Asian Housekeeping Awards were given away at a spectacular evening at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, on July 4, to the most able housekeepers who went through stringent tests and quizzing before being selected. The Award night came alive ... Read More »

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HPMF Sri Lanka Chapter was officially launched on July 4, 2018 at Shangri- La Hotel Colombo during International Housekeepers Summit 2018. This is the second international chapter after the launch of Middle East Chapter in Dubai in February 2018. Mohan ... Read More »

The heads of the Housekeeping Associations of Asia were felicitated along the Heads of supporting Association — HPMF (Hospitality Purchasing Managers Forum) and LDAI (Laundry and Dry-cleaning Association of India). Read More »

Special awards were given away by Virtual Info Systems. Performer of the Year went to Hari Krishnan, Director of Rooms, Mercure Maldives Kooddoo and General Secretary, Maldives Housekeepers Forum. Most Popular Hospitality Trainer was given to Avril Sule, Hospitality Expert ... Read More »

The evening also saw the entire Sri Lanka Housekeepers’ Association (SLHA) committee being introduced for the first time following their formal formation last November. Addressing the delegates, Mangala Hemananda, Assistant Director, Housekeeping, The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo and the President of ... Read More »

Rising affluence, globalization and technology are some of the key factors influencing changes in the growing hospitality segment and more so in the housekeeping department. ‘Remember… No matter how good your feedback is, you always start over with the next ... Read More »