Hotel Furniture Blog - Artone, LLC

4 Cost-Conscious Hotel Furniture Design Tips for Style & Longevity

Let’s balance all the considerations that go into a beautiful, functional, and durable hospitality design project. Of course, financial considerations delineate what’s possible and what’s realistic. But hotel furniture can be engineered and manufactured to meet your desired quality and aesthetic appeal standards.

Here’s how to get on the same page with your custom furniture manufacturer to achieve a hospitality design that stands the test of time.

Hotel Marketing 101: Online Hotel Reviews and How to Increase Them

Nearly every traveler checks online reviews before booking a hotel. Seriously, nearly every one - 97.7% read other travelers’ online reviews.

So, with the world watching (and clearly paying very close attention), how can your hotel stand out in that digital realm? Of course, you’re hoping guests will be delighted enough by the accommodations and experiences at your hotel that they’ll rave about you. But even if their reviews are 5-star superb, it’s not enough in today’s ever-connected technological world to simply sit back and let them roll in to TripAdvisor.

How Franchise & Boutique Hotel Designs Drive the Hospitality Industry Today

Checking into a hotel room at this very moment, a vacationing guest on the Florida Gulf Coast is delighted to see her accommodations are a spot-on representation of the laidback local beach culture. After all, she did travel to experience it.

Also at this very moment, a hotel guest traveling for business is pleased his accommodations are an aesthetic archive of Chicago’s history. He’s happy the trip isn’t business as usual and that he can feel enriched by the stay.

11 Ways to Increase Hotel Bookings with Great Photos

A picture is worth a thousand words. Online photos of your hotel can make or break your booking stream - and we couldn’t be more serious about that.

5 Hospitality Design Mistakes that are Common (but Avoidable)

Even the best hoteliers have made hospitality design mistakes (maybe you’re a hospitality pro who can attest to this).

For any well-travelled individual, the hotel guestroom experience can start to become less than memorable - each guestroom could be in any hotel, anywhere in the world. Even the most creative hoteliers have fallen into the routine of thinking “standards” when it comes to guestroom configuration, design, and aesthetics.

Crafting a Hotel Marketing Plan That’s Worth its Weight in Gold

You may have a beautiful hotel in an even more desirable location. You may have also crafted the perfect contemporary design with stylish, comfortable furniture to make guests feel at home.

But do travelers know about it? What’s enticing them toward your hospitality?

6 Things the Hospitality Industry Learned in 2017

It was the first full year a hotelier sat in the Oval Office. The three-headed battle grew more intense between mainstream hotels, home-sharing companies, and online travel agencies. Hotel mergers, acquisitions, and soft brand openings dominated the market. Technology expanded further to improve the guest experience.

6 Hospitality Trends Coming in 2018

The industry evolves subtly each year. Small changes in business practices, design, and philosophy become vogues and trends. You might barely recognize a concept from even 5 years ago.

How will you make your mark on the hospitality world in 2018? Are you planning to break ground on a new boutique hotel project? Is a renovation in the works to update an outdated design?

Get inspired.

Guest Expectations: Wood Veneer vs. Laminate Casegoods

4 Hospitality Furniture Scheduling Plans Your Vendor Should Stick To

Picture this: You’re at the site of your new hotel project, and the deadline has you sweating. You look down at your watch. Where’s that delivery truck with your order of hotel furniture?