High-volume hotels: in-house laundry or outsourcing?

A large hotel in Marrakech or Agadir processes hundreds of kilos of sheets, towels and restaurant linen every day. At that level the question arises: should linen go to an outside laundry or be processed on site?

What outsourcing brings, and what it costs

Outsourcing avoids investing and managing a team. In return, the hotel depends on its provider’s turnaround, ties up a larger stock of linen and has less control over the finish.

The criteria for deciding

• The full cost per kilo: water, energy, detergent, labour, depreciation.
• The space available and the building’s connections.
• How regular volumes are over the year.
• The finish expected for sheets and table linen.

A well-sized in-house laundry

An on-site installation combines high-capacity washer extractors, tumble dryers and a flatwork ironer. Properly sized, it gives the hotel control over its turnaround.

IWIN carries out this study with you before making any proposal. Our contacts have experience of running laundries in very large facilities, and stay close to you after installation.