nacho

I read the thread on Chinese FT, I can read Chinese so there's no google translate needed.

What I can understand is that there is a Renaissance customer service (probably AYS) claimed that they reuse slipper, and a housekeeping staff at a JW in China claimed so.

Maybe this is an independent hotel's policy, or could be that those people don't know what they are talking about.

On page 2 one mentioned that a "front desk manager" (don't know how to translate the title) saying that it's such a waste - I guess it's imply that they are not recycling the slippers.

I think Flyertea has a lot of strange ideas about hotels - they bring their own towels, using complementary red wine to disinfect the bathtub......

Don't know what to say about China - it's a country where people actually refill beer cans with whatever unknown liquid (saw a video my friend posted on my facebook page) and used machine to reseal it - something that we cannot imagine why it can be worthwhile to do. I know they do it with expensive red wine but beer? So I wouldn't be surprised if some hotels choose to go cheap.

CJKatl

Thank you for responding to the SPG information and it is understandable that you cannot address Marriott procedures.

All of this makes me glad I don't use the slippers!

MSPeconomist

I've stayed in local hotels in Japan that provide very substantial leather slippers. To me, this fits with the traditional restaurants in Japan that have the toilet slippers provided for guests to use. In those cases, the slippers seem to be communal and not sanitized.

In Rio, hotels tend to provide flip flops for guests to use in place of slippers. These are rubber or plastic and presumably could be sanitized for the next guest, although one place told me very pointedly that they were a gift to take as a souvenir since everyone in Rio lives in flip flops. [I didn't as they weren't comfortable for me.]

OTOH, ICN provides slippers at their security checkpoint for people who need to send their shoes through the X-ray machine. They are very prominently signposted as having been sanitized.

This reminds me a bit of the rental bowling shoes that are advertised as being sanitized between use.

Happy

It is in China, you know, the country has so many faked products and so many questionable behaviors to cheat on anyone who can be cheated.
Those who do what you quoted probably are worried the sanitary issues at the hotels they stay at.

Have you read about how the linens are cleaned in the hotel industry of mainland China, including the high end band named chains, not to mention the mid to low end brands and the domestic chains... Scary.

MSPeconomist

OT, but you don't want to hear about the "sanitation" practices I observed at a four star local hotel's buffet breakfast in a Chinese city of only about four million.

JackE

Do you use the bedsheets? Those are only new once.