turndown service

Catalan translation: servei d'obertura de llit

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English term or phrase:	turndown service
Catalan translation:	servei d'obertura de llit

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18:54 Aug 26, 2013

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Bus/Financial - Tourism & Travel

English term or phrase: turndown service

Definition from own experience or research:
In hotels, the practice of folding back the blanket and sheet of the bed in the evening, sometimes accompanied by putting a mint on the pillow or a cordial on the night stand

Example sentence(s):

More and more hotels are starting to pay attention to their turndown services and that's a good thing because chocolate mints and the forecast for the next day's weather are starting to get a tad tired. HotelChatter
In the evening, hotels that offer turndown service require housekeeping to enter the guest rooms once again to physically turn down the covers of the bed and remove any excess pillows or blankets, to make the bed more inviting to guests. raveable
But, ultimately, the company concluded that eliminating nightly turndown service would be a costly mistake. USATODAY.com

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servei d'obertura de llit

Definition:
Servei d'un allotjament turístic en què el cambrer de pisos prepara el llit deixant el llençol de sobre doblegat formant un triangle i amb algun detall sobre el coixí.

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servei d'obertura de llit

Definition from Termcat:
Servei d'un allotjament turístic en què el cambrer de pisos prepara el llit deixant el llençol de sobre doblegat formant un triangle i amb algun detall sobre el coixí.

Example sentence(s):

Els clients poden gaudir de Wi-Fi a l'habitació de forma gratuïta, així com de servei d'obertura de llit al vespre i d'articles de tocador de la marca Aveda. - Booking.com
Les habitacions del Roger de Llúria són espaioses i estan completament equipades. Totes disposen de bany de marbre amb banyera, barnús i assecador. L'establiment ofereix servei d'obertura de llit diari. - Time Out Barcelona
Els clients també van escollir aquells serveis que menys valoren en els hotels de luxe on destaquen el menú i / o majordom de bany (26%) i el servei d’obertura de llit (24%). - Unió Hotelera d'Andorra

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