Hospitality & Hotel Supplies

Common Questions About Hotel Supplies

What are hospitality supplies?

Hotel supplies include everything we carry that you might need in running a hotel, bed and breakfast, or other hospitality establishment. Starting with commercial essentials such as high-efficiency coffee makers and running all the way to hallway ice machines and banquet service equipment, this category will help you determine what sort of appliances, dinnerware, and fixtures will best fulfill your needs. A small operation won't necessarily need full housekeeping carts, luggage carts, or massive ice machines, but room service trays, coffee makers, and bathroom fixtures are needed no matter what volume of business you expect.

What hotel supplies will I need to serve a continental breakfast?

Your guests are staying away from their home and entrusting you to take care of them – for many hospitality establishments, this expectation will include a nutritious, filling breakfast. After all, if you try to advertise your place as a bed without a breakfast, your bookings will dwindle. So what hotel breakfast equipment do you need to keep your guests happy in the morning? If you're running a B&B out of a house and will only have a few guests at any given time, a standard kitchen might be enough for you to prepare a tasty breakfast for everyone. However, you should still consider a high-capacity coffee maker to keep up with demand. We also carry pastry display cases, commercial waffle makers, sauce warmers, dish dispensers, and all sorts of other equipment that will enable you to serve breakfast without having to stand at the serving station all morning.

If you're running a large establishment with a full breakfast bar, you'll need countertop food warmers to keep the food hot and safe throughout the course of serving. Perishable food can't sit out without being refrigerated or heated (and no one wants refrigerated bacon), so you need a way to keep it safe. Heated food wells and countertop buffet equipment ensure your food stays at safe temperatures throughout a serving period.

What hotel equipment do I need for guest rooms?

Regardless of the style of establishment you're running, your guests' rooms will need a few basic appliances to keep them comfortable and ready to face the day. Our hotel supply category houses alarm clocks, mini fridges, hair dryers, scales, irons, and individual coffee makers for those guests who need a cup before they venture out of the room. Not all these hotel supplies are necessary for every establishment, but you should consider the morning routine of various customers and ensure they have the hotel equipment they need to feel like they're at home.

What housekeeping supplies do I need?

When you go from cleaning up after yourself to cleaning up after a whole host of guests, you need to upgrade your housekeeping supplies, as well. Just like you wouldn't try to serve twenty people with a single coffee pot, you shouldn't try to clean ten rooms with a dust rag and elbow grease. When you're changing twenty beds a day, laundry carts become a necessity. Floor maintenance products can be expensive, but buying them in bulk from a commercial store like KaTom can save you money. Wholesale hotel supplies are going to serve you better in the long run than trying to make residential pieces work in an environment they weren't designed for. Trash cans, vacuum cleaners, mop buckets, and cleaning cloths are all necessary to keep your hotel or B&B clean and ready for guests.