The book is a comprehensive textbook specially designed to meet the requirement of students pursuing courses in hotel management and would find the book highly useful. With its practice-oriented approach, the book would also be useful for housekeeping professionals and students of home science.

Tables, figures, diagrams, photographs, questions and assignments support the text. Model Objective Type Questions are also given in the form of an Index. A comprehensive list of Terms and Terminology of Housekeeping has been given in the form of an Appendix. For reference purpose there is selected Bibliography of the latest published literature available on the field.