The Grand Ski Chalet master bedroom at the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai. The Grand Ski Chalet master bedroom at the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai.

Hotel beds are essential, but this doesn't mean one size fits all: an expert panel of bedding suppliers and housekeeping professionals discuss what they believe to be the most important factors for a peaceful night's sleep, even for your increasingly discerning guests

Meet the experts

FARAH ASLAM, managing director, Dimara International. As a supplier and manufacturer of bed linen, guest amenities and room accessories, Dimara international currently serves more than 500 separate hotels across the GCC & MENA Region.

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EVA-MARIA CASAGRANDE, CEO, Mühldorfer Gmbh & Co. KG Mühldorfer, a family owned bedding company based in Germany, has been producing bedding supplies to hotels since 1920.

SAMEER AHMED, sales manager, Restonic Middle East. For over 60 Years, Restonic Mattress Corporation has been a leading supplier of commercial bedding to the hospitality industry and maintains a long-standing tradition of researching, developing and engineering high quality bedding products.

PAMINI HEMAPRABHA, executive housekeeper, Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai. Hemaprabha has been the executive housekeeper at the 393 room, five-star Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates since 2012, having joined from the Fairmont Heliopolis & Towers in Cairo.

MARIANA PAUNESCU, executive housekeeper, Grand Millennium Dubai hotel. Paunescu is the executive housekeeper for the 343-room, five-star Grand Millennium Dubai hotel and has extensive hospitality experience throughout the UAE.

Kulatilake Udopolage, executive housekeeper, Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman. Udopolage (also known as Lucky), is the executive housekeeper of the five-star, 102-bed Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman, a secluded beach resort built using traditional Omani-village style architechture.

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