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Trends in Hospitality Design That Appeal to All Ages

Exhausted from a cross-country trip, a grandfather checks into his hotel room in Boston and sits down on the bed. His two grandchildren are eager to hop in the pool, but he wants to take a minute to relax in the familiar surroundings.

Out west in Seattle, an experienced businesswoman checks into her hotel room and immediately scans the place for cultural calling cards. She’s traveling for work, but she really wants to explore what makes this hotel, within this modern city, so wonderfully unique.

Down south, an elder Millenial couple with their young family are getting settled in their room that offers the perfect amount of togetherness and privacy at the same time.

Hospitality Furniture Trends 2024 Still Making Waves

If there's one thing we've seen in our 5+ decades in the casegoods business it's this: hotel design trends – including those for casegoods and furniture – are always changing.

This should come as no surprise. The aesthetics you're considering for your hotel and its furnishings likely look nothing like what they would have if it was 1920 (unless you're going for a Gatsby motif for your guest rooms).

Hospitality FF&E: Solid Surface Vs. Quartz Furniture

Some materials used in hotel casegoods and other guestroom furnishings seem to have a rivalry of sorts. 

7 Misconceptions About Hotel Laminate Casegoods

Regardless of a hotel’s star rating, step into any guestroom and you’ll undoubtedly find its casegoods and FF&E (fixtures, furniture & equipment) are made from a wide variety of materials. Suffice to say, laminate casegoods are almost a given in a guestroom or other part of a hotel. 

How to Save Hotel FF&E Costs with LED Lighting

Matching Business Traveler Hotel Requirements With Hospitality Design

3 Hotel Room Designs With Contemporary Commercial Furniture

3 FF&E Storage Considerations

Hoteliers and hotel designers often order FF&E products far ahead of when they actually need them.

For planning purposes during a hotel renovation or redesign, this is a smart move -- your FF&E is ready and waiting for you, and production delays have little impact.

But what about the time between when your order is finished and you’re able to receive it?

Proper FF&E storage makes a big difference in order quality and longevity.

Cost to Build a Boutique Hotel From the Ground Up

According to Cushman & Wakefield, the average cost of building a hotel ranges from $115,000 to $1.5 million per room. That takes hotels at every level from midscale to luxury, including boutique hotel projects.

This is a huge variance, and the price that’s accurate for your hotel largely depends on a few things:

• What type of experience you want to give to your guests.
• Where the hotel is.
• Design considerations desired to complement your brand.

How to Build an Eco-Friendly Hotel with Green FF&E

You cannot refute the facts. Americans have transformed into “Eco-friendly” mavens with everything they do - including travel. So much so that they take the environment into consideration when booking a hotel.