Carpet Care: A Grand Vacuum Cleaner For A Grand Hotel

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Built in 1927, the 1,544-room Hilton Chicago was for decades the largest hotel in the world and the flagship of the Hilton Hotel chain. Often referred to as a “city within a city,” the hotel is famous for “its royal, luxurious appearance,” says Marsha Bender, head of housekeeping at the hotel.

One of the things hotel guests and visitors often remark about the Hilton Chicago are the wide hallways and the large sitting areas that surround the hotel elevators on every floor.

“This hotel was built on a grand scale,” says Bender, “and it is most obvious in the public areas.”

However, maintaining the acres and acres of carpeting covering not only the hallways and sitting areas but also the hotel’s 234,000 square feet of meeting space and 12,000-square-feet banquet hall can be a daunting task.

“We need dependable wide-area vacuum cleaners as well as machines that are powerful — to cut time and labor costs — and are also green,” says Bender. “We found these qualities in the CK 3030 Wide Area Carpetkeeper from Tornado®.

The CK 3030 is 30 inches wide with a one-horsepower, 224 CFM motor.

“The 3030 is so powerful, we can do most areas in just one pass, which improves worker productivity tremendously,” says Bender.

And because the Hilton, like many major hotels, is becoming much more environmentally conscious, Bender likes the fact that the 3030 has an advanced four-stage clean-air filtration system. “The entire machine is designed to trap dust and contaminants, preventing them from becoming airborne,” says Bender.

“The CK 3030 is powerful, dependable, a time and labor saver, and green — just what we need for a grand hotel.”