Guess who’s doing the hotel beds


All hands on deck: A housekeeping manager helping his staff clean a room at a hotel in George Town, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: No one will admit it but it is an open secret that the person who made your hotel bed or vacuumed the room may actually be the finance executive or even the sales director.

There are so few workers in Penang’s hospitality sector that some staff in the finance, human resources or administration department have to occasionally wear the uniforms of the housekeepers, bell boys and receptionists.

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