In this episode, Roman Pedan, the Founder and CEO of Kasa, explains how they optimize housekeeping across their portfolio of over 85+ properties.
Listeners will learn about:
- Cost-Cutting Strategies: How Kasa is reducing expenses in housekeeping without compromising on quality.
- Technology Integration: Explore the ‘Uber for housekeeping’ model that includes scheduling, checklists, and feedback loops to maintain high standards.
- Quality Assurance: The unique offsite QA process using photos and how it helps maintain consistency across properties.
- Employee Incentivization: Understand how Kasa assigns scores to housekeepers and uses this to incentivize top performers.
- Leadership and Culture: Gain insights into the importance of leadership participation in ground-level operations and how competitions and team activities help build empathy and team spirit.
This is part of our series of conversations with Roman: His mentors and influences, the story of Kasa, their approach to guest communication, how they improve service and profits with AI, how they cut costs, how they improved housekeeping, and how “being their own guest” leads to innovation. You can see a tour of a Kasa property here, or watch our entire conversation here on YouTube.
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