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Is Your Hotel Ready for the Travel Rebound?
Cicero Construction Group | April 27, 2022
PLAINFIELD, IL, APRIL 27, 2022 — For the hotel industry, the last two years has been a rollercoaster. Dragged down initially by COVID-19 lockdowns, hoteliers are now finding their business on an upswing with bookings exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Even group business travel is showing promising first signs of returning on the books. Thanks to ongoing widespread vaccinations and the power of pent-up demand, this momentum will likely continue throughout the year with travelers willing to pay pre-pandemic or higher rates. To help hoteliers "get heads in beds" and drive RevPAR, Cicero Construction Group, a general contractor specializing ...
Tips to Make Your Hotel Instagram-Worthy
CICERO CONSTRUCTION GROUP | June 1, 2021
PLAINFIELD, IL, JUNE 1, 2021 -- As a hotel owner, it’s essential for you to follow design trends in the hospitality industry. After all, a guest’s stay in your hotel isn’t just to sleep, it’s also to have an experience. By making that experience memorable and “Instagram-worthy,” a hotel creates a deeper connection with that guest, plus gives you free social media promotions. Making photo-friendly elements a central part of a hotel's design will boost the chances of attracting new guests and maintaining repeat business from Instagram's one billion users. "On Instagram and other visually-driven social media platforms, hotel ...
2021 Design Trends for Commercial Buildings Shaped by COVID-19
Cicero Construction Group | January 4, 2021
PLAINFIELD, IL, JANUARY 4, 2021 -- Predicting design trends for the commercial building industry can be difficult in the most reliable of times, but following 2020, a year of widespread uncertainty, planning ahead has become more complicated than ever before. Despite this uncertainty, Cicero Construction Group has gathered trend insights to assist building owners in their renovation planning for 2021 and beyond. While the word “trend” may imply short-lived, many of these new ideas being driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as touchless tech, in-room fitness and enhanced HVAC systems, are likely here to stay. PHYSICAL DISTANCING: ...
Avoid Cost Overruns During Hotel Renovations
Cicero's Development Corporation | July 17, 2020
An accurate Scope of Work gives direction, timeline and purpose to renovation PLAINFIELD, IL, JULY 16, 2020 - Renovating a hotel can be a daunting task, one fraught with financial risks. However, by carefully determining the Scope of Work, the sticky issues that might derail a renovation project can be addressed effectively and strategically before the first day of construction. First off, what is a scope of work? A scope of work is a detailed document explaining exactly what is expected of a team completing a construction contract. It contains information that gives direction and purpose to every facet of a renovation—information hot...
Performance Measures Help Hotel Owners and Managers Select the Right Hotel Renovation Contractor
Cicero's Development Corporation | October 30, 2019
PLAINFIELD, IL, OCTOBER 30, 2019 -- When selecting renovation contractors, many hotel owners’ and property managers’ decisions are based solely on the bottomline. In short, the lowest price bidder wins. Other hotel owners and managers, however, carefully consider the intricacies of their project’s scope and can assess the confidence they have in their selected contractor that the renovation can be finished on-time and on-budget. What these hotel owners appreciate that others don’t are the many value-added, non-financial advantages that a talented contractor brings to the project. For the purposes of this article I will refer to thes...
Avoiding ADA Non-Compliance Issues in Commercial Renovations
Cicero's Development Corporation | September 19, 2019
PLAINFIELD, IL, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 -- Today, 28 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed, a surprising number of commercial properties remain non-accessible for the 50 million Americans – 18% of our population — with physical disabilities. In 2016 alone, more than 6,500 ADA lawsuits were filed in federal court relating to commercial properties which were deemed “disability unfriendly”. These lawsuits can cause headaches... and plenty of money, such as attorney fees and civil penalties as well as lost business due to negative publicity. In this article, I review how to ensure renovating your commercial building lea...
What Are the Top Hotel Designs for 2019?
Cicero's Development Corporation | January 4, 2019
PLAINFIELD, IL, JANUARY 4, 2019 -- New Year is the perfect time to check-in on hotel design trends. While some of these trends may only create ripples, others will set off tidal waves. Taken as a whole, these trends underscore that hotel design is no longer the simple task of creating a nice place to stay; it is a science of fashioning a truly distinctive guest experience that flows seamlessly from check-in to sleeping, to working, to dining, to entertainment. According to Cicero's Development, one of the country's leading renovation contractors for the hospitatlity industry, here are six hotel trends emerging on the scene that ...
One Hotel’s Trash Is Another One’s Treasure: How to Discard Old Furniture During a Renovation
Cicero's Development Corporation | October 9, 2018
Prevent used FF&E from being tossed in a landfill PLAINFIELD, IL, OCTOBER 9, 2018 -- In early 2012, the hotel renovation industry began its recovery, led by construction booms in major cities and rising occupancy rates at hotels across the nation. In the years since, thousands of hotel rooms, lobbies and restaurants have been renovated with gleaming bathroom fixtures, fresh carpeting and plush pillow-top mattresses. When hotels redecorate or upgrade they replace older furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) with new items. So, you may ask, what does a hotel undergoing a renovation do with 200 bedding sets and televisions? Or 45...
