Keeping Up with the Cinema Cleanliness

Another astonishing year, with more and latest films of remarkably hot and epic movies. As the moviegoers planned for watching the upcoming blockbuster movies such as X-Men, Men In Black and Aladdin at the cinema theatres this month, expecting to have a welcoming ambience, top-notch clean theatres and fresh scents. Just imagine their face when they were approaching their seat and there a sticky residue clinching to the bottom of their shoes. How can they have a good experience in your cinema and enjoy watching their favourite movie pleasantly?

The average cinema has hundreds of seats. Over the course of a weekend, a lot of audience sitting on the same seats and that means there must be some germs present, right? Making sure that each and every member of the audience enjoys a memorable movie date is hard if the cinema doesn’t keep its cleanliness. Thus, we want to highlight to you the cleaning areas that the movie theatre management should keep the cleanliness standard with:

• Using space
• Showing space
• Managing space

The entrance and box office movie theatre cleaning

The first impression made a lasting memory and the movie theatre entrance or lobby represent the image of the company. The ways in which audiences use theatre are often much more about context than about the performance, and much more about social practices than about aesthetic or artistic ones. Why people go to certain theatres, whom they go with, what happens before and after and other seemingly social concerns are fundamental aspects of theatre (Stacey Wolf, 1994)

The entrance and the box office consist of high traffic people and usually crowded with people queuing to buy the ticket or food, socializing and waiting for the showtime. It is crucial to keep this area clean all the time to build long and lasting impressions.

Before and after the operating theatre hours, the cleaners must at least have swept at the walkways and floors of the whole facility area. Hard floors and tiles at the foyer of theatres must be professionally mopped and scrubbed daily to avoid slipping and dirty environment. Hard floors are very durable but need constant cleaning. Tiles floor are covered with glazed coatings while grout is the gap between the tiles acts as a porous sealant. Tiles and grout require cleaning regularly to avoid debris and dirt built up and stuck on grout. Chlorine bleach and water solution can remove stubborn stains such as ink, blood, popcorn caramel, sodas and coffee.

The ticket counters area, the e-Kiosk facility and marketing display glass must be wiped and free from smudges and fingerprints. A sponge, microfiber towel and a wiper with safe cleaning chemicals and antibacterial disinfection can clean it effectively.

Concessions area cleanings

The bacteria and germs are present because they are the first to come into contact with food that the cinema crew prepared. Norovirus is a dangerous germ that comes from food that passed through ingestion while eating. The concessions are also one of the challenging cleaning and maintenance faced by the food operators and cleaners. The food handling procedures are our primary concerns for cinema owners and managing employee safety is also their top priority to ensure food safety and cleanliness.

The wet and dirty area after the spills need to be clean up immediately and use sprays with disinfections solutions on the countertop and disposable wipes. The hygiene of staff is crucial to prevent disease outbreak and resulting closures. The employee handles the food must wash up their hands when preparing food for customers and frequently sanitized the concession equipment after use. At the end of the day when the cinema closings, thorough deep cleaning must be conducted at the concession area especially the beverage dispensers, snack bars and popcorn machines.

Movie auditorium cleaning

Generally, the most significant challenges of cleaning the movie theatre are in the auditorium areas considering the small time-gap between each show. It is unlikely that cinema staff alone can handle the cleaning maintenance for the whole of the auditorium which has a very large space, number of seats and number of cinema halls. Thus, only specialists can carry out the task of cleaning the cinema effectively. Floors, seats, armrest and cup holders in the cinema are full of germs, soils, faces of pests and bacteria.

Nothing is more frustrating than a dirty seat or sticky armrest when people on an evening out at the cinema. As the customers entering or exiting the auditorium in a dark environment, the professional cleaners should brush off the sticky stains or spills on the carpet before and after the movie. This will help to prevent customers to step on the sticky floor, seated on food stains seats, dirty carpets and popcorn or snacks spills all over the floors.

Traditional vacuum cleanings can help suck up the rubbish, dirt and dust on the seats. Most hair, and dirt or other substance on the seats or hidden around the seats. Another most effective cleaning that we use is steam cleaning. This steam tools are flexible to use consist of adjustable heads which any type of brush or cloth can be used that suits the exact fabric. Our cleaner team will steam all the filthy areas and leave the seats to dry. The auditorium will be returning to shape as the carpet, seats and the cup holders sanitized.

Public restrooms

Restrooms are difficult to clean and maintain at all times since there would be a crowd of people using before and after movie sessions especially when the movie last for more than a couple of hours. The restroom can be so dirty that full of tissues clogged and smell of urine that irritates the customers. In order to keep the restroom good shape and healthy environment, the janitorial team must use vacuuming, spraying, mopping works best to prevent cross-contamination from restrooms to other places like the cinema halls.

The janitorial cleaners must be trained and equipped with proper cleaning supplies to keep the restrooms clean. During the on-going movie sessions, the janitorial team can do the cleaning task easily because it has minimal traffic. We do not want any people entering the restroom while cleaning in progress because it bothers and affects the cleanliness quality. The sinks and mirrors must routinely wipe every day.

Staff only areas

In a clean working environment, employees are less likely to be distracted by cluttered objects and that a greater level of concentration leads to productivity. An unclean working environment could result in staff falling ill and a high amount of sick leave being taken. Carry out a deep cleans periodically can accumulate a lot of dust and germs which could affect the employee’s health. A clean office can help create a healthy, happy and productive work environment that will have long-term benefits for any business.

Atalian Global Services Cambodia provides professional cleaning services and we are dedicated to beautifying space for your business. We understand every aspect of theatre cleaning, especially cleaning the sitting area. Our expert cleaners do in-depth cleaning of even the remotest corner of the cinema using the latest equipment to clean cinema and office and sanitize bathrooms which get used by thousands of people’s every day. We also do pest control,  energy management and etc. Book and contact us for a free consultation!