On March 14, Messe Frankfurt hosted The Clean 2022 Pre-Show Exhibitor Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. More than 30 representatives from exhibitors attended the meeting in-person with nearly 90 joining virtually. The meeting, held several months prior to each Clean Show, offers an opportunity to meet show management, the general contractor, utility provider, and other vendors to get questions answered and walk the exhibit hall in preparation for the show.

This year may see the continent-wide return to business travel needed to generate enough hotel guests to restore linen volume to pre-pandemic levels. Watch for more workers to return to their offices, a luxury hotel marketer told a TRSA audience tuned in to TRSA’s Hospitality Virtual Summit & Roundtable on March 16. As this occurs, you’ll note hotels becoming less dependent on rate increases to improve revenues as more guest rooms are filled.

UniFirst Corp., Wilmington, MA, recently completed the acquisitions of two industrial operators. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

TRSA President and CEO Joseph Ricci and Vice President of Government Relations Kevin Schwalb were joined by P.J. Dempsey and Colin Wetlaufer in presenting a session on government-relations issues, among other items, at the recent CSCNetwork Annual Convention in Las Vegas.

Nearly 50 laundry executives gathered recently for a three-part TRSA virtual program that provided food-and-beverage (F&B) launderers with a forum for reviewing the issues that they face as COVID-19 downshifts from a crisis to one of many challenges.

Spanning from March 2021 to March 2022, the TRSA Reopening Tour documented the industry’s steadily advancing COVID-19 recovery. In five separate one- to two-week trips, TRSA staff traveled nearly 8,000 miles in the air and on the road to U.S. states and cities where member companies are most abundant. By far the most common sight in laundries was members’ commitment to overcoming pandemic-influenced challenges to keeping their customers flush with linens, uniforms and facility services products.

TRSA members and staff participated in International Women’s Day’s #BreakTheBias campaign on March 8. The campaign strives to create a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination where differences are valued and celebrated. Participants were encouraged to submit images striking the #BreakTheBias pose, with their arms crossed to form an “X.”

In a hoped-for signal of post-COVID-19 recovery, JENSEN-GROUP, Burgdorf, Switzerland, recently reported a 6% hike in revenues for 2021 over 2020, according to a news release. The company also reported its highest-ever order intake numbers (i.e., orders placed in production but not delivered) that could reflect pent-up demand following the pandemic slowdown.

Steve Stasiukonis, president of Secure Network Technologies, and Anto Almasian, risk management advisor at Haylor, Freyer & Coon, have joined forces to educate TRSA members about the threat of cybersecurity during a March 17 webinar presentation. They will discuss what the cybersecurity landscape will look like in 2022.

Kick off The Clean Show at the TRSA Tailgate Welcome Reception to be held at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame on Friday, July 29, in Atlanta. Enjoy “tailgating” with 400-plus linen, uniform and facility services industry colleagues and full access to the Hall where you’ll hear stories, accomplishments and traditions of the game’s greatest legends, including team touchstones, mascots, bands, fight songs, cheerleaders and more.