The need for bespoke, long-lasting materials for uniforms and more flexibility in design were two of the issues highlighted by housekeepers at a festive meeting of the UAE Housekeepers Association in December.
Sponsored by A.Ronai LLC, the event was held at Al Badia Golf Club in Dubai Festival City with 30 executive housekeepers from four and five-star hotels in attendance.
It featured a presentation from A.Ronai’s managing director, Gavin Dodd, on the range of uniform services it provides and a catwalk presentation.
Dodd said: “We put together an imaginary brief for a brand new hotel in Dubai and we put our proposal forward for what we thought that hotel would like to wear. We showcased reception, concierge, restaurant, spa and kitchen uniforms.
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“We can now manufacture garments here in Dubai, so the uniforms were a mixture between Simon Jersey catalogue garments and garments that we can manufacture here locally. This offers clients is a lot more flexibility, obviously they need to give us a certain value of business before they can have that flexibility,” he added.
Dodd also pointed out that the company used materials created specifically for uniforms.
“The problem Dubai has at the moment is that if someone says they want a bright blue short they’ll go and find a bright blue shirt without giving too much thought as to what that fabric will do. What we are trying to get across is that we are associated with a massive company — the Quintet Group which ultimately owns Simon Jersey — they have access to many mills all around the world that make fabrics just for uniforms.
“You can have these bright colours and we will give them to you in fabrics that will last. People were very positive about that,” added Dodd.
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