Source: USA TODAY

Hotels have increasingly turned away from bathtubs to showers.

That means that hotels have people working on making sure that every guest gets a hot shower within seconds. Theyve mapped it all out.

The Hyatt Regency Chicago anticipates its guests to take eight-minute showers at 2.5 gallons a minute.

Hilton knows that 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. will be a busy time at properties such as the New York Hilton Midtown when many business travelers are getting ready for work.

The shower experience has to be seamless, and guests should not wait more than 30 seconds to reach optimal water temperature, says Randy Gaines, senior vice president of operations and new openings at Hilton.

So what do hotels do to make sure their guests are not left out in the cold?

Mark Kukulski, president of Wyndham managed hotels, says technology has worked in the favor of hotel operators.

It used to be that hotels had a few boilers and hoped for the best.

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