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Greeting, I am looking for information on how many companies, if any, does it take to keep a hotel running? It is for a story (fanfic, wattpad, I don't know since as you can probably tell I am not good enough at writing to make a living from it) I am intending to write but I want it to be as accurate as possible. I want to know for things like how hotels replace things like beds, comforters, pillows, desks, and whatever else needs replacing or fixing. If they use a company to get the food or ingredients necessary to give food to the occupants who order it. Things like that. A cleaning place is not necessary as the owner of the hotel heads the cleaning staff. His uncle suggested that since he likes cleaning, he could run a hotel to make money and clean as much as he wants.

Again, as I seem to have ranted, how many companies are needed by a hotel to keep it in operation?

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snurtz

Hotels usually have vendors for pretty much everything. I just went through our invoices files to see what mine has.

You’d need a vendor for: - Bed linens, pillows, and towels - Table linens (if there is a restaurant or banquet space) - Room amenities (coffee packets, disposable cups, shampoo, etc.) - Food - Alcohol (my hotel has 3 alcohol vendors, actually) - Drinks (usually can order directly from Coke or Pepsi) - Coffee (if the hotel has a cafe) - Office supplies - Phone services - Furniture - Key cards and key envelopes - Dry cleaning - Hotel collateral (membership invitations, posters, notepads, pens) - Printers and ink - HVAC services - Water services - Electricity - Uniforms - Kitchen equipment and repairs - Plumbing services - Payroll company - Painting supplies - Refrigerator repairs - Property management system support - Vending machine services - ATM service - Room door locks - Cutlery - Flowers - Pest control prevention and treatment

I think that’s about everything. Also, given that managing all these accounts is the general manager’s job, it’s a little outlandish to think that a hotel owner would have time to manage the cleaning and cleaning staff, unless the hotel was VERY small (70 or fewer rooms). But I have worked for an owner who was also the GM and managed everything himself! Only other employees in the entire place were 3-4 housekeepers, 5 front desk employees, and a laundry person. It was 78 room hotel.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have!

BukBuk187

This is a great comprehensive list, but I'd also add Sam's club or Costco, or another general bulk supplies department store. I know both the properties I've worked for had accounts with Sam's club and made frequent orders with them in between Coca-Cola and other food vendors orders, since some vendors take forever to deliver your order. Also pool maintenance services.