MAY 13, 2008. Harbor Linen, the nation's leading manufacturer and distributor of quality linen for the hospitality and cruise line industry has gone green with its new Orchid Towel Collection made with Bamboo.

Bamboo has been praised as 'The most naturally green, eco-friendly textile material of the 21st Century'. Bamboo thrives naturally without the use of pesticides. This natural cellulose fiber is converted into yarns without the addition of chemicals, and is 100% biodegradable.

'This is an extremely luxurious, soft and rich, absorbent towel,' said Dennis Doucette, Hotel Manager of The Biltmore in Coral Gables Florida, who recently upgraded their entire Resort and Spa with the Orchid Collection. 'The fact that the manufacturing process is eco-friendly and the towels are naturally anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti- static made our decision an easy one', said Mr. Douchette who wants to play an active role in the Florida Department of Environmental (DEP) Protection's Green Lodging Program.

The Orchid Collection is unique due to the blending of cotton and bamboo fibers to spin a yarn that has the inherent positive benefits of both fibers. The construction utilizes stronger 'doubles yarns' to maintain its integrity after repeated launderings. The eco-friendly manufacturing process of the Orchid Collection utilizes no harsh bleaching or optical brighteners from the fiber state through the finished product, which adds to its incredible softness and gives the towels a more natural finish. The end result is the world's softest, most absorbent luxury towel, designed to withstand institutional processing.

'We spent years trying various construction and blend options before achieving the optimal composition of cotton and bamboo in order to produce the finest towel available for institutional use,' says Earl Waxman, Harbor Linen's owner.

Harbor Linen has been distributing and manufacturing institutional linens to the hospitality, cruise lines, healthcare, and food service industries since 1973. That is 34 years of providing quality, value and service to a vast array of customers throughout the world. Now, Harbor Linen manufactures what we sell, affording you the opportunity to buy direct and truly save on products that offer quality, comfort, and value from our lines of bath towels and terry products, cotton-rich percale bed linen, our patented Wonder Blanket (R) (simply the best blanket in the world), new and improved mattress pads, luxury pillows, and superb damask table linen. These and many other linen products you use on a daily basis are readily available to ship from our multi-million dollar warehouse facilities in Southern New Jersey, Griffin, Georgia, Los Angeles, California, and Miami, Florida. Harbor supports this with our 150 full time sales and support personnel. All of Harbor's products are backed with a complete "money back guarantee", the strongest in the industry. Today, Harbor offers the very best value for your linen purchasing dollar. Call us to speak with one of our representatives. Be sure to request one of our new Hospitality or Health Care catalogs. Additional product information and samples are available for all "Harbor Made" products. Visit www.harborlinen.com for additional information.