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80 per cent of Britons would leave a hotel if it wasn't clean enough
12th of July 2016Research carried out in the UK recently suggests that 80 per cent of people would leave a hotel if it didn't meet their hygiene and cleanliness expectations.
The survey was carried out by facilities and building maintenance supplies company Direct365. Its head of digital Phil Turner commented: "There are many things that hotel guests look for
Morning-After Maids clean up after your party
11th of July 2016If there's one thing that's worse than a hangover the morning after having a party at home, it has to be the clean-up.
Now two entrepreneurs from New Zealand have come up with a new business to come to your rescue. Morning-After Maids will come in and clean up after your party, and even cook you breakfast!
Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst
New chairman for INPACS
8th of July 2016INPACS, the international network of hygiene wholesalers covering 35 countries, has a new chairman. Kai Kruse, formerly chairman of Igefa Germany, has succeeded Jeremy Hodge who has retired.
Commenting on his new appointment Kruse said: "I am delighted to see the positive developments within INPACS where members continue to grow together. INPACS
Sealed Air launches Soap for Hope initiative in India
7th of July 2016Sealed Air, US-based parent company of Diversey Care, recently launched the initiative Soap for Hope in Mumbai, India. The scheme, developed with in association with the NGO Doctors for You aims to convert used hotel soaps into fresh soap and provide the recycled soap free-of-cost to communities that have no or limited access to soap.
Himanshu
September date for ISSA/INTERCLEAN Istanbul
6th of July 2016The second ISSA/INTERCLEAN Istanbul exhibition takes place from September 7-9 in Istanbul, Turkey.
The venue is the IFM exhibition centre, which will play host to over 100 exhibitors and an expected 3,500 cleaning professional visitors from Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
In partnership with the Turkish Cleaning Industry Association
Four person toilet snapped in NYC
5th of July 2016A public toilet hidden in a stairwell of one of the world's most exclusive clubs has taken the meaning of ‘communal' to a whole new level.
The not-very-private four seater system has been built half way up a set of stairs leading from New York's Boom Boom Room to an outdoor rooftop.
The stairs are dimly lit and the door is hard to find but