The Rivolta linens have a 165 thread count, but feature double twisted Egyptian cotton, Santo said. It feels silky on your skin. The Palace will be replacing the top sheet in all 750 rooms of the main part of the hotel with a Rivolta top sheet. In addition to increasing the thread count on bed sheets, Bruce Cook, director of institutional sales for New York-based WestPoint Stevens, said the size of bed sheets is increasing. We're also seeing the adoption of fitted bottom sheets and deeper pocket fitted sheets.
Hotels typically use the same sheet for top and bottom to have only one stock-keeping unit.
Basically, it's easier to control inventories, but fitted sheets give the bed a home-like appearance. Alan Worley, director of purchasing for Promus Hotels and Resorts, said select hotels in the Promus system had experimented with fitted sheets, but from a housekeeping and labor perspective, it just didn't work. They weren't time efficient. Under cover WestPoint Stevens is finding that it has a niche in the blanket market with its Vellux blanket. It has a plush appearance and is flame resistant.