Industrial laundry for Hotels

Housekeeping runs on linen, and linen runs on timing

A hotel does not have a laundry problem until the morning a delivery is late — and then it has nothing else. Rooms cannot be turned, check-in slips, and the front desk absorbs the complaint. Everything we do for hotels is organised around that single failure mode: fixed collection days, a turnaround you can plan against, and enough circulating stock that one bad day never reaches a guest.

On the Adriatic coast the difficulty is concentration. Occupancy between June and September can be three times the April figure, and every property in Rimini, Riccione and Cattolica needs its peak capacity in the same eight weeks. We plan the summer schedule in the winter and hold capacity for contracted clients — which is why the conversation is worth having in February rather than in July.

What we handle

Bed linen in Italian standard sizes: flat and fitted sheets, duvet covers, pillowcases, mattress and pillow protectors. Bathroom terry from 400 to 600 gsm: bath sheets, bath towels, hand towels, face cloths, bath mats. Bathrobes and slippers. Table linen for breakfast and restaurant service. Decorative textiles — throws, cushion covers, curtains — and staff uniforms for housekeeping, kitchen and reception.

Each category runs its own programme. Terry is dried on a curve that keeps the pile open; percale sheets are finished so they come off the ironer flat rather than glazed; breakfast linen carrying coffee and fruit goes through pre-treatment before the main wash.

How the numbers work for a hotel

A typical three- to four-star room generates roughly 4 to 4.5 kg of linen per occupied night, counting bed and bathroom textiles together. A 60-room property at 70% occupancy therefore moves in the region of 180 kg a day — around 5.4 tonnes a month at peak. At an indicative €1.15–1.45 per kilogram, that is a line item worth getting right.

The figure that belongs in your budget is cost per occupied room, not cost per kilogram, because it is the one that scales with revenue. The calculator gives you an indicative monthly range from rooms and occupancy in a few seconds.

Par levels: the thing that actually breaks

Most hotels that believe their laundry is slow are in fact short of linen. The working rule is three par — one set in use, one in the cupboard, one in the wash. At two par there is no margin for a delayed delivery, a damaged batch or an unexpectedly full week. At four par you are storing money as cotton.

We count your existing stock during the free survey and tell you plainly where you sit. If the answer is that you need more linen rather than a different laundry, we will say so — and rental is one way to add it without capital.

What you get from ECOWASH

Fixed collection and delivery days agreed at the start of the contract. Turnaround of 24 to 48 hours. Batches delivered counted, wrapped and inspected, with worn items pulled and reported so replacement becomes a plan rather than a complaint. A named contact who knows your property, and monthly reporting on volumes and condition.

Seasonal properties can scale volumes up and down across the year without renegotiating; that flexibility is written into the contract, not granted as a favour.

Where we collect

Daily routes cover Riccione, Rimini, Cattolica, Misano Adriatico, Bellaria-Igea Marina, Santarcangelo, Cesenatico, Cesena, Forlì and Ravenna, with scheduled routes further into Emilia-Romagna for larger contracts. Ask for a survey and you will have a written quote — with par levels, collection days and a price per kilogram — within 24 working hours.