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The Cost of Bed Bugs at Luxury Hotels

Protecting luxury hotel guest from pests can be highly lucrative but equally demanding. Orkin Vice President of Commercial Operations Wayne Golden has had a long and rewarding career seeing that the country’s most pampered hotel guests encounter no unwanted intruders during their stay.

“Zero tolerance for pests. That’s the minimal acceptable level,“ he said. The high sanitation standards at high-end establishments has helped pest control firms maintain this standard but now, their world has changed because of bed bugs.

“Whatever it takes, we have to fix the problem,“ he said. “Bed bug elimination becomes our primary business.“

The response of one luxury hotel to a bed bug problem shows the determination hotels at this level have to solve the problem. “They closed down the room,“ he said. “(They) removed and discarded all furnishings, then replaced the wall coverings, window treatments and wall fixtures while we treated that room, the rooms on both sides and the rooms directly above and below. The problem was solved.“

An infested room can be closed for more than two weeks. In addition to the costly remediation, a hotel absorbs thousands in lost room charges.