Top 5 design trends for hotels

The hotel industry in the Netherlands is booming. After Amsterdam also cities like Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague are upcoming. The persistent personalisation trend and the experience economy are also entering the hotel world here. This demands a different way of decorating from hotel owners and interior designers. Time to list some important design trends for hotels.

1. PERSOnal TOTAL Experience

The contemporary guest has high expectations about his or her stay. No ordinary experience, but a unique one adapted to the personal needs is the standard. We see an increasing amount of hotels calling upon the living room feeling and thereby a personal atmosphere. Hospitality is more important than ever. Also during the hospitality event LEOXX organised recently with Häfele and Goelst in the Inspirium in Breda, this was the main topic. "It's about creating a total experience, from the entrance to the hotel room. In fact , a good first impression starts already upon arrival at the parking lot. Often the entrance is beautifully designed and in perfect state, but the parking lot is filled with trash and cigarette butts and upon entrance in the hotel rooms there turn out to be a lot of issues. Think about bad acoustics, translucent curtains or a completely out-dated interior."

2. Distinctive interior design

With the up rise of luxury boutique hotels and trendy hotel bars, we also see a change to more daring interior design at the big hotel chains. An eclectic style with striking prints and a lot of colour can be seen more and more. There is a big opportunity for hoteliers to distinguish themselves and create a unique atmosphere and experience. Customized printing offers endless possibilities to do this: from the wall to the floor and from furniture to the curtains. Every imaginable design can be printed on a wide range of interior materials nowadays.

3. Sustainability

Sustainability is a trend here to stay and is starting to take an increasingly bigger role. It hasn't been about just stimulating the reuse of towels or the use of ecological cleaning supplies for a long time anymore. Buying sustainable materials for the interior, clean air and a healthy inner climate are important topics. There are also more and more hotels which integrate the local culture into their concept. For example by serving local dishes made from locally bought products or by processing characteristic elements from the environment in the design.

4. EVOLUTIon of the HOTEL LOBBY

The time where hotel guests would mainly retreat to their hotel room to work or relax is long gone. With the uprising of new technologies giving us the opportunity to work always and everywhere combined with the need to socialize, the hotel lobby is transformed over the years from a standard reception and waiting room to a social room and co-working space. Informal work and seating places with sufficient sockets and a fast Wi-Fi connection are essential. An atmospheric hotel bar to have a chat with some food and drinks is also indispensable nowadays. The new hotel lobby is being seen more like an extension of the living room where getting together and meeting are central factors.

5. INDOOR MEETS OUTDOOR

In the hotel environment indoors and outdoors are also more and more connected. We see for example a lot of green and plants, botanical motifs and animal prints and floors with wooden patterns or different natural designs. in some lobbies even complete water parties are realised.

DESIGN solutions for hotels

LEOXX offers on multiple fields possibilities for the designing of distinctive and multifunctional hotel interiors. With Prints van Oranje we offer numerous solutions for the personalized printing of carpet and vinyl, wallpaper, curtains, furniture fabrics and acoustical panels. And with the extensive collection hard and soft quality floors from LEOXX, you have a wide choice of diverse designs, varying from wood and stone to concrete or daring uni colours. Also for specific questions about technical aspects like floor heating, fire class or sustainability certifications we are happy to think along with you!

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