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In commercial lodging establishments (hotels, resorts, inns, boarding houses etc.), housekeeping is the work of providing a clean, comfortable, safe and aesthetically appealing environment for the guests, and the operational department in a hotel is responsible for these activities in rooms, public areas, back areas and the surroundings.
In the contemporary Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually relying on cleaners, employed directly or through an agency (maid service). Many services historically provided by maids have been substituted with IoT devices coordinating with autonomous robots. For example: Amazon Dash and Roomba.
In the great houses of the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the housekeeper could be a woman of considerable power in the domestic arena. [citation needed] The housekeeper of times past had her room (or rooms) cleaned by junior staff, her meals prepared and laundry taken care of, and with the butler presided over dinner in the Servants' Hall.
A former hotel housekeeper revealed all of the items she would never use in a hotel room. Hotel housekeeper shares what guests shouldn't touch in rooms: 'I've heard some horror stories' Skip to ...
In 2015, the International Labour Organization (ILO), based on national surveys or censuses of 232 countries and territories, estimated the number of domestic workers at 67.1 million, [3] but the ILO itself states that "experts say that due to the fact that this kind of work is often hidden and unregistered, the total number of domestic workers could be as high as 100 million". [4]
According to the Cambridge English dictionary a "cleaner" is "a person whose job is to clean houses, offices, public places, etc.:"; [1] the Collins dictionary states that: "A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building."
A housekeeper at a five-star luxury hotel has been hospitalized after encountering a powdery substance in a hotel room that was allegedly left by a man who trespassed on the property illegally.
A butler in the White House Butler's Pantry.. A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household.In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.