Hotel Furniture Blog - Artone, LLC

When It's Time to Start Budgeting For Your Hotel Renovation

It’s easy to let an upcoming hotel renovation overwhelm you, especially when you’re thinking about the pending costs. Common sense would tell you that your busiest time (or peak season) is really not when you should start ripping down walls.

What is a Boutique Hotel?

In recent years it seems like everyone is jumping on the boutique hotel bandwagon. From private hoteliers to major franchises, everyone wants a stake in the game. This new trend in hospitality leaves the majority of us wondering what the term “boutique hotel” actually means.

What is Hospitality Furniture?

Seems so simple. Yet answering the question, “what is hospitality furniture?” requires a great amount of detail.

Hotel Furniture Procurement Guide

Your hotel is so much more than a series of rentable rooms - it's an expression of your brand, and an experience for your guests. So, what can you do to help ensure your hotel lives up to your expectations? Hire the experts.

Behind any successful hotel is a team of professionals that got it there; owners, designers, manufacturers, architects, general contractors, and procurement agencies. While each plays an important role, a procurement agency will help source experienced vendor, which guarantees  more options to find the best product and the best service at the best price.

We’ve put together four important guidelines to keep in mind as you bring your hotel's decor vision to life.

Hotel Casegoods Manufacturing: A Look Behind the Scenes

The process of manufacturing casegoods from start to finish is like a ballet when you look behind the curtain -- carefully orchestrated with a lot of moving parts, producing a beautiful end result.

When looking at the casegood produced, it can be easy to forget all of the steps that were accomplished to get there.

We’ve detailed each step that we go through to make hotel casegoods a reality.

Looking Ahead to 2019 Hotel Design

When looking ahead to your hotel design in the coming year, it's important to remember that markets are constantly changing. You can't rely on what your company has done before.

Your guests' tastes, wants and needs are evolving, and last year's high-end amenities are next year's expected details. 

3 Easy Hotel Marketing Tips for Any Hotel

Every hotel owner knows that marketing is the driving force of the strategy to keep occupancy rates high, and revenue increasing. But “marketing” does not always have to mean fancy techniques that are hard to understand.

In fact, there are a few things hotel owners can capitalize on to build their marketing strategy, and bookings, that do not require a team of experts.

What Happens to Old Hotel Furniture? + Other Hotel Furniture FAQs

The average hotel goer can be forgiven for not caring where hotel furniture goes when it’s no longer wanted. But hoteliers, who have to decide what to do with the stuff, need to know their options.

There are other considerations, as well, that have nothing to do with disposal, such as:

• What’s the best way to buy hotel furniture in the first place?

• What should hotel furniture be made of to make it the best investment?

• How can furniture be customized to serve its purpose better?

• Do I need a shop drawing for my hotel furniture design?

• What colors are best for hotel furniture?

But before we delve into and answer all of those questions, first things first…..

Boutique Hotel Soft Brands vs Traditional Boutique Hotels

If you’re looking to invest in a new hotel, you might be wondering whether it’s worth it to take the risk and plunge into a brand new, traditional boutique hotel -- or delve into the safe world of franchise soft brands.

The truth is, there’s no one-size-fits all answer for every prospective hotel owner. There are a lot of things to keep in mind before purchasing.

We’ve outlined a few of the key considerations below.

Should You Invest in a Boutique Hotel or Franchise?

Boutique or franchise? That is the question when it comes to investing in a hotel.