There are clear advantages to using an external provider of laundry service and avoid the stressful task of having an internally managed operation:
Cost Reduction: Outsourcing your laundry not only helps you focus on your core business, but it also reduces your overall costs. Hotel laundries are expensive to operate as, in most cases, they do not have the scale to have highly efficient equipment and they are therefore, labor intensive and they consume large quantities of utilities like natural gas, water, sewer and electricity. Add to that maintenance and repairs cost, chemicals, production supplies, overhead, insurance, workers compensation, taxes, licenses, permits, equipment depreciation etc, etc, etc, and the REAL cost of processing a pound of linen is becoming to emerge. By outsourcing, you will also reduce "hidden" costs through space savings, reduced linen inventory and by eliminating the need to manage a non-core business. Consequently, all things considered, the cost to process one pound of linen in an on-premise laundry is significantly higher than Crown Linen’s per pound prices.
Pay as you go: There are certain costs associated with an on-premise laundry that cannot be avoided regardless of occupancy level. As a result, in low occupancy periods, the cost to process a pound of linen increases significantly. Our programs allow you to replace your current fixed-cost structure of operating an internal laundry with a variable-cost model where you "pay as you go." With Crown Linen, you incur in laundry costs ONLY for occupied rooms. As a result, you pay for laundry services ONLY for the rooms that you sell. As a result, the cost of laundry services per room sold is fixed, allowing you to better control your budget and drastically reduce expenditures.
Avoid Capital Expenditure: In today’s competitive market, hotels are fighting to get high occupancy levels and offer better rates. As a result, hotels are buying bigger and better quality linens in an effort to differentiate themselves and gain a competitive advantage. To process these linens very specialized and state-of-the-art equipment is necessary. Consequently, the investment in this equipment is very high. By choosing Crown Linen you will avoid a huge capital expenditure and make better usage of these resources.
Floor space usage: By not having an on-premise laundry you can utilize very expensive real estate for other purposes. Instead of dedicating large areas of your hotel to a cost center like a laundry, you can use the available square footage to create profit centers by adding or expanding your spas, conference rooms, restaurants and retail areas. The opportunity cost of utilizing prime real estate to install a laundry is just too high.