It can’t be said enough that the core of a hotel’s business is its guests. Building an excellent guest experience takes bits of everything; from smooth, painless check-ins to personalised, friendly service throughout. Not to mention, having their rooms feel comfortable and inviting. However, the ultimate key to unlocking a flawless guest experience – the organisation.

Most hotels focus their attention on their front-of-house, often leaving their back-of-house operations as an afterthought. This leads to unseen inefficiencies like chaotic, cluttered storage areas which might even be dangerous for employees. It can also end up complicating simple processes that affect your staff’s morale when they have to struggle with inconvenient tasks.

There are many ways to streamline your operations simply with the magic of efficient organisation. In this article, we’ll share some tips on how to sync up the moving parts of daily hotel operations with proper storage solutions.

1. OPEN UP TO CATEGORISATION

Nowadays, everything is categorised. From your smartphone’s photo albums to Netflix shows, categorisation is key to tidying up your storage and making things more accessible for your staff. And it can be in multiple ways to benefit your operations, such as who needs easy access to it or when the items need to be retrieved. When catering for multiple staff departments in an area, you could even split the storage area into zones for the respective parties to hone in on when it gets busy. The basic rule is to position items that require daily access near the front, while seasonal items that only come out once a year can be stashed away at the back.

2. PUT SOME WHEELS ON IT

Managing a cluttered storage can get vexing really quickly. Sometimes you just want to forcibly move things aside to get to what you need. Well, with movable shelving units in your storage areas, you can do just that. All you have to do is mount existing shelving units onto mobile carriages that move along rails in a guided manner. It maximises your storage capacity by allowing you to store more in less space and gives you quick access to stored items. A push here, a tug there, and you’ll get to the items you need. It’s especially helpful when it comes to heavy and bulky items such as furniture or tiles and decorations while ensuring your employees’ safety at the same time.

3. REDUCE YOUR SEASONAL STORAGE

Seasonal items such as holiday decorations and one-off ornaments take up valuable space in your storage. With growing trends and even more lavish decorations every year, these items can accumulate into a huge pile which inhibits the hotel’s daily operations. To free up more usable space, consider moving seasonal items into an external storage unit which also reduces the risk of damage due to daily operations.

STAY UPDATED FOR MORE TIPS IN STORE FOR YOU.

When it comes to setting up your hotel’s operations to be sustainable and efficient in the long run, having a storage solution that works for you goes a long way. In addition to the tips mentioned above, there are also new technologies and digital storage tools to keep track of inventory and determine the value of an available stock. You can always find better ways to do things as long as you stay updated and keep an open mind. For more helpful tips like these follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn. And for any commercial space concerns, contact us here for a free consultation.

24 February 2021