RFID SOLUTIONS FOR HOTELS WITH IN-HOUSE LAUNDRY

Hotels with an internal laundry manage a wide range of textile assets simultaneously: guest room linen, bathroom towels and bathrobes, tablecloths and napkins, staff uniforms across multiple departments. These items are in continuous circulation between rooms, floors, linen stores and the laundry itself. Without item-level tracking, inventory counts are estimated rather than measured, losses are difficult to trace and par levels are managed by approximation. The most common operational problems are well known: towels and bathrobes that leave the property with guests, linen that disappears between departments without clear accountability, uniforms that are delayed or misallocated, and textile assets that are replaced too early or too late because wash count data simply does not exist.
RFID addresses these problems at the item level. Each piece of linen or garment carries a unique identifier that is read automatically at every movement point – laundry intake, clean sorting, distribution to floors, storage. This gives housekeeping and laundry teams a shared, accurate picture of what is in circulation, what is in process and what is actually missing. Wash count data collected per item makes it possible to predict end-of-life for each textile and plan replacements based on real usage, not calendar estimates.
For guest-facing items, Datamars RFID tags are designed to be thin, imperceptible and undetectable – guests are unaware they exist. For staff uniforms, RFID enables accurate dispensing and return tracking across departments and shifts. Datamars Textile ID offers a complete range of RFID tags for flat linen, towels, bathrobes and garments, combined with reading systems and software tools that integrate into the hotel’s existing laundry and housekeeping workflows.