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Keeping the interior and exterior surface of a hotel or any sector of the hospitality industry is the basic requirement for existence of any organisation. It creates an ultimate impression in the minds of the guest as we all know that first impression of the guest has a huge impact because it only determines whether a guest will return back to the hotel or not. To achieve the highest quality and standards effective cleaning is required which is done now a days by using the modern cleaning equipments The efficient and effective cleaning and maintenance will depend upon highest quality cleaning equipment and by using them correctly. Selection of the appropriate cleaning equipment play an important role in the entire cleaning process because only five to ten percent of the overall cost incurred on cleaning is accounted for by cleaning equipment and cleaning agents. There are often being various methods of doing any particular cleaning task and various type of cleaning equipment that can be used for the same. It is the duty of the Executive housekeeper to select the most appropriate piece of cleaning equipment according to the requirement of the hotel. A few large pieces of cleaning equipment may be considered as fixed assets, where as many types of cleaning equipment that falls under the category of recycled inventory items. The appropriate choice of good quality cleaning equipment can be very useful as it could save costs due to breakdown, reduces fatigue and tension and also ensure overall efficiency in handling operations. Equipment used in the cleaning of surface, various furniture and fittings in a hotel building include both manual and electrical cleaning equipment. Manual cleaning equipment does not require electricity to function whereas mechanical equipments do not function without electricity. That is the reason mechanical cleaning equipments are also known as electrical cleaning equipments. As the days are passing people are paying more attention towards housekeeping department, for example the room attendants are also given training as how to handle the cleaning equipments efficiently as more and more use of electrical and mechanical equipment are increasing these days. Similarly in hotel public areas more use of sophisticated mechanical cleaning equipments are used now a days and also in the on premises hotel laundry. In five star hotels in recent times, the robot cleaner is being introduced.