Daily Archives: June 28, 2010

Tip: Carpet Stains – Fruit

A series of tips to help you get rid of the toughest carpet stains.

Fruit:
You need the following equipment and products:
White cloth, vinegar, glycerine, cotton ball or old toothbrush, talcum powder, vacuum cleaner, carpet cleaner or Napisan Oxygen, paper towel.

Make sure the carpet is colour fast*. For stains from fruit that go brown such as apricots, kiwifruit, apples, bananas and so on, put glycerine on the stain with a cotton ball or old tooth brush and sprinkle talcum powder over the top of it. Vacuum. Then use a carpet cleaner. Vacuum again. An alternative to carpet cleaner is  a paste of water and Napisan Oxygen on the stain for a few minutes. Wipe it off, rinse and dry with a paper towel, leave the carpet to dry, then vacuum.

*To test for colour fastness, soak a white cloth in vinegar and apply to a part of the carpet not on display. If any colour comes off, it is not colourfast and you may have to patch the carpet

Source: Spotless by Shanon Lush and Jennifer Fleming

L&A signs contract to provides corporate housekeeping services

Lycette & Associates recently signed a contract to provide Swissbel – Hotel International with corporate housekeeping services to 40+ hotels in Asia and the Middle East.

Agnes Zlotek Petit will conduct the “Housekeeping Business Development and Systems Reviews” at the 20 hotels in Indonesia. Agnes has already completed her 3-day review at Ciputra Gold Club and at Swiss-Belhotel Surabaya. Liz Lycette has already evaluated the operations at Swiss-Belhotel Plaza Kuwait City and Swiss-Belhotel Doha in Qatar. Next in line for a Housekeeping Development and Systems Review are 4 properties in China, Swiss-Belhotel Changhun, Swiss-Belhotel Lotus Lake Wuhan, Swiss-Belhotel Hualun and the Swiss-Belhotel Hefei will receive pre and post opening assistance.

In the words of Swiss-Belhotel President Mr. Gavin Faull, “This collaboration is an opportunity to lift the standards, the passion and the professionalism of Swiss-Belhotel International”.

For more information on Corporate Housekeeping Services visit our Corporate Housekeeping page on our website or email us at info@lycetteandassociates.com