Month: April 2021

The moment you step into a hotel your shoulders drop, your jaw relaxes and you can feel your frown evaporated. And that’s just from the fragrance that envelopes you. It’s one you associate with pampering, luxury and good times at your favourite hotels. How do they manage to always smell so good?

Scent diffusers

Scent diffusers, often very quiet ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) diffusers attached to air-conditioning systems, disperse nanoparticles of scented oils into the air. It’s subtle but hard to ignore.

Scent branding

Top luxury hotels use the power of scent to brand themselves. Visitors won’t specifically be able to identify the fragrance independently, but they will be able to associate it with the hotel. Hotels often commission customised scents unique to themselves. However, should a person get a whiff of their favourite hotel’s scent anywhere else, their mood will immediately lift at the memory of their great experiences at their hotel. They might even be enticed to make a booking right away!

You can recreate a similar experience for your business. Whether you manage a spa, a craft shop or a stationery store creating a signature scent will give your customers a little happy distraction. If you can add a scented pouch or something similar with the same fragrance into their shopping bag you give them a bit of your business to take home with them and extend that joyous feeling.

Make it linger

Many hotels are starting to offer their signature scents for sale to their visitors. Being able to soak in a bath with a hotel-scented candle will probably relax someone more than the bath on its own would. And it might even inspire them to make a booking for a proper pampering at your hotel.

Signature scents

There are a few key fragrances that form the foundation of any scent a given hotel might design its signature brand around.

Citrus

This is a light, energizing scent that still smells luxurious. It’s not too sweet and guaranteed to uplift stressed moods.

Florals

Lily, jasmine, lavender, rose, geranium and more. Florals are popular fragrances to imbue the air with opulence.

Spices

Add depth and nuance to your hotel’s fragrance profiles with spices. These aromas may more smoky, sweet, or herbal.

Wood

For a more formal, heavier or muskier scent, woody fragrances add gravitas. It’s perfect for cooler climates when the warm, comforting fragrance can envelop your visitor in delight.

The smell of success

Condrou Manufacturing provides a range of fragrances and fragrance delivery systems to the hospitality industry. If you need more information, chat with our team and discover how we can help.

Let’s face it ironing is the most loathed chore in any household. Imagine if you worked in a hotel and had to ensure all the sheets, pillowcases and duvet covers were creaseless!

Fortunately, the people in the hotels’ laundries have the best equipment for the job and know all the tips and tricks to take the tedium out of pressing. Take a leaf from their book.

Steam iron

How much and often you iron are key factors when choosing a steam iron. When shopping around, pay special attention to the iron’s heating performance, its steam capacity, what the soleplate surface is made off, the iron’s weight and the length of the cord.

Pressing cloth

One of the greatest ironing fears is ending up with a pair of shiny pants that were never meant to shine. That’s where a pressing cloth comes in. Used between the iron and your clothes, the pressing cloth bears the brunt so the natural fibres of your clothes don’t get scorched and the synthetics don’t melt. Pressing cloths are often made from 100% white cotton and should be large enough to ensure no part of your iron’s soleplate touches the item that’s being ironed.

Ironing board

While an ironing board isn’t exactly essential, it does make ironing a lot easier. When buying an ironing board its size, specifically height is important. You don’t want to be hunched over or stretched onto tippy-toes. It won’t endear you to the chore. Weight and how/where you will storage should also be considered.

Ironing board cover

It’s not just pretty fabric covering the surface of your ironing board. Getting a special ironing board cover will extend the life of your ironing board. The best option is a Teflon-coated cotton cover lined with heavy felt.

Spray bottle

When ironing natural fibre items a fine mist spray bottle will make for easy work, even with a good steam iron items that are damp gets the job done faster and easier.

Sleeve board

With traditional ironing boards, it seems like your options are wrinkles or ironed-in creases when it comes to sleeves. On dress shirts, that’s not a big deal, but it’s not ideal for dresses, jackets, etc. A sleeve ironing board is a mini version of your standard one but it has a raised pressing area that allows you to slip the sleeve over the pressing surface.

Smooth sailing

Condrou Manufacturing provides a range of steam irons, ironing boards and clothes presses to industries that deal with significant volumes of laundry. If you need more information, chat with our team and discover how we can help.

What is nothing better than sliding between the crisp white sheets in a lovely hotel? Hotels go through significant numbers of sheets and towels daily and how these are laundered makes all the difference.

Keeping sheets white

Ever wondered how do hotels keep their sheets so white? There are a great deal of stains that need to be washed out and the answer, surprisingly, isn’t bleach. In addition to standard stain remover, a combination of laundry detergent and baking soda is stirred into a big pot and the sheets are then boiled for half an hour.

Washing the linen happens in three stages: a detergent wash, a wash with fabric softener and the final wash includes bleach, bringing out that bright white colour.

Sheets are washed in cold water because hot water will break the material down faster. It’s also important to not over- or underfill the washing machine. Too much linen means not enough mechanical action gets to all the creases to clean thoroughly, and not filling enough results in too much mechanical action, breaking the linen down faster. The rule of thumb is to fill the washing machine to about 80% of its capacity.

Often the machines used in hotels are state of the art with all the latest technology. They are also energy efficient and complete the wash cycle faster.

Why white

White sheets are the easiest to stain, and that’s part of the appeal. When you look at your bed in a hotel, you will immediately spot if it’s dirty. If the linen was a darker colour or even patterned, you wouldn’t see any mess as easily.

They are practical too because there’s no risk of colours fading or bleeding.

White linen also adds a feeling of luxury to the room. You feel instantly calm and pampered when you walk into a hotel room with an impeccably made bed in white linen.

Fluffy towels

Another treat during your hotel visit is wrapping up in a soft, fluffy towel after your shower. Of course, there are secrets to keeping the towels in top form despite all the washing.

The most important thing to step is to skip the fabric softener because it would leave a thin waxy layer on the material. Instead, a splash of vinegar is added during the rinse cycle to take care of any lingering soap.

Once towels are pulled out of the washing machine they’re given a good shake to fluff up the loops. If you’d like to achieve the super-fluff at home, add a new, clean tennis ball into your tumble dryer with the towels.

How do hotels keep sheets white? It takes more than bleach. But if you’re dedicated to recreating the hotel feel at home, it is possible with the right detergents, machine settings, and little hacks.

Snooze-worthy bedding

Condrou Manufacturing provides laundry supplies to leading hospitality establishments. If you need more information, chat with our team and discover how we can help.

Clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive. It’s important to protect them to ensure longevity. The easiest way to do this is by using suit and dress covers. These items are usually made of polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyethylene vinyl acetate (PEVA). Condrou Manufacturing provides a variety of garment covers.

How to use garment bags

Protect your warm wool coat by placing it in a garment bag before hanging it in the back of your wardrobe. This protects your coat from moths, dust and dampness during months you won’t be wearing it. Do this seasonally with garments you’re not likely to wear for a few months.

Look at you, globetrotter. Keep your suits, shirts, blouses and dresses wrinkle-free while you travel. It also helps to keep them clean while you commute from point A to point B.

Garment bags also protect your clothes when you’re moving. Fold the bags with your clothes in half and pack them in boxes. Once you arrive at your new home you can simply hang it all up again.

Garment bag benefits

Having few garment bags on hand can make your life easier. These are some of the advantages of suit and dress covers:

• They are durable enough for travelling and shipping
• Once they’re zipped up they are water-resistant
• It’s a very affordable way to protect your clothes
• They are lightweight
• They won’t damage your garment fabric
• In most planes, there is a special compartment where travellers’ garment bags are kept
• They protect delicate fabrics from heat and moisture
• They often have reinforced hangers that can stand up to heavy or bulky garments like wedding dresses

Smart cover-up

Condrou Manufacturing provides suit and dress covers in a range of material to various industries. If you need more information, chat with our team and discover how we can help.