Guests using fake tan ‘cost hotels £1.8million for laundry’, with 224 tons of soiled sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and towels thrown away every year
- Tan and makeup stains cost the hotel industry nearly £1.8 million a year
- One hotel threw away 224 tons of bedding after hosting a body building event
Stains from fake tan and heavy make-up on bedding and towels cost the hotel industry nearly £1.8 million a year, according to research.
Laundries are thought to throw away 224 tons of sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and towels each year after they’ve been soiled by the products.
One hotelier had to throw out a significant amount of linen after hosting a bodybuilding contest at which competitors covered themselves in fake tan.
Linen cleaner Regenex, which came up with the figures, asked whether users of fake tan or make-up who stain hotel sheets should have to pay more.
Paul Hamilton, the technical director at Regenex, said: ‘I talk to many long-suffering laundry owners and managers.
Stains from fake tan and heavy make-up on bedding and towels cost the hotel industry nearly £1.8 million a year, according to research
One hotelier had to throw out a significant amount of linen after hosting a bodybuilding contest at which competitors covered themselves in fake tan
‘They tell me that fake tan and make-up are the stains they dread the most.
‘Margins for the hospitality industry are tight, and hoteliers must recoup such losses where they can. Maybe it is time for them to say impose charges.’
Regenex says demand for its recovery service to restore stained linens has gone up.
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