hotel lobbies
Want More Positive Guest Feedback? Invest in the Right Improvements
Luz Candelas | August 31, 2018
By Luz Candelas Not all resort facilities warrant the same level of investment during a capital expenditure program. The guest impact of any single resort space can often be over or underestimated and the ramifications on future margins can be dire. When traveling to Mexico or the Caribbean, guests expect their chosen resort will have all the attributes of a tropical paradise. Ensuring the design program is in line with these expectations also guarantees some measure of profitability while protecting the capital expenditure investment from the pitfalls of further redesign. In fact, taking guests' preferences into account at the onset of...
The New Boutique Hotel Lobbyists
Frances Kiradjian | May 12, 2017
by Frances Kiradjian 'After the party, there's the hotel lobby ….. And round about four you've got to clear the lobby,' R. Kelly once sang in his hit 'Ignition (Remix)', painting a debauched picture of how hotel lobbies functioned at the start of the 21st century. But what are these things called lobbies and how have they changed over the years? In actual fact the lobby's origins couldn't be further than R. Kelly's bumping'n'grinding R'n'B entourage. It's a term that originates in the chaste monasteries of the 16th century, where a lobbia signified a covered walkway or open arcade. The first recorded printed instance of the word ...
