Hospitality Ideas

What is the Ideal Room Temperature for Your Property?

One of the primary goals for the hospitality industry is to make sure guests are comfortable, relaxed, and feeling at home. An overlooked area that can dictate how comfortable a guest feels is room temperature. This can be challenging because everyone has different opinions on what is the ideal room temperature. Ultimately, guests should not feel too hot or too cold during their stay. This blog will explain the ideal room temperature for properties, how men and women prefer room temperatures, and recommend bed linens to help with temperature control.

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Preserving Water In the Hospitality Community

Record-breaking heatwaves in the western regions of the United States have led to droughts and wildfires. Fresh water is a resource many of us take for granted, and it is important that we continue to preserve it the best we can especially in places where water is scarce. The hospitality industry uses a lot of water, so they have an important responsibility in doing their part to preserve it by taking all the necessary steps to limit their water usage. This will have a positive impact on the community and the individual businesses as the water bills will be reduced. It could be beneficial to look at the different ways water can be saved in the different locations of the property that use the most water. This blog will analyze how water can be saved in the bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room, and the outdoors.

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The Emotional Effect Behind the Room Colors of Your Property

An often unwritten and overlooked skill for being an innkeeper or host is creativity. Property managers need to be able to envision the design of all different kinds of rooms when opening a property or renovating an already existing property. There are many furniture options to choose from, bedding linens to select, amenities needed to supply a property, and colors needed to design each room on the walls, ceilings, and floors. The color of a room dictates what kind of moods your guests will develop. Certain colors are more common in specific types of rooms, but the color you choose for your rooms can impact the atmosphere for your guest experience. This blog will explain what different colors can represent, the mood they project, and which types of colors work best for different types of rooms.

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Hospitality Industry Returning to Normal

It’s been a little over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Lots of change has occurred in many different industries since that time and hospitality is no exception. People stopped traveling as frequently, didn’t go out to restaurants, and many large events like concerts and sports games were cancelled. With vaccines getting distributed, it looks like life is slowly beginning to return to normal. This is great news for property managers, innkeepers, and others working in the hotel, lodging, and rental property section of the hospitality industry. With so many people choosing to not take a vacation over the past year, many experts are predicting a large volume of guests to be booking reservations at properties this coming summer. This blog will explain how travel and guest stays are returning to normal, the emergence of short-term rental properties, and how a new demand for other types of businesses will form.

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Current Trends in Hospitality Bedding

The last six months have brought about a major shift in the types of linens that are used in the hospitality industry. Trends and what is currently in style are always changing. With the onset of COVID19, some particular trends developing are the increased need for durable and washable bedding solutions along with products that protect from the spread of germs. This blog will discuss current trends in bedding and sanitation efforts that properties are taking to promote cleanliness.

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The Power and Future of Sustainability for Hospitality

Have you recently thought about the future of your property? Do you have a plan for what you expect it to be like in one year, five years, and even ten years from now? With so much change occurring in the hospitality industry, it can be hard to plan for the next few months let alone the next few years. One trend we see developing and staying in the hospitality industry is a focus on sustainability. Essentially, sustainability is working towards goals in the present for the economy, society, and the environment while not sacrificing the needs for future generations. A common example is protecting the environment and natural resources from harm including having clean air and fresh water. This blog will explain how properties use energy, offer ideas on how to become more sustainable, and how becoming more sustainable will give your property a positive image.

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Revamp, Refresh, Recover

With all the changes the hospitality industry has recently experienced, this is a great opportunity to spruce up your property. It may include updating your amenities, changing the bedding, adjusting the food menu, painting, or adding in new furniture. As travel begins to resume, you will start seeing an increase in the number of guests. You may want to advertise a “mini-reopening.” This blog will offer you some ideas on adding amenities, top of the bed linens, and towels.

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Post Crisis Adaptations for the Hospitality Industry

It’s getting to be that time of year when many people start to think about making vacation plans for the late spring and summer as the temperature begins to warm up and trees start to sprout their leaves again. This year has been different with the travel restrictions and the impact it has had on people and businesses all over the United States and the world. However, there is good news that can rise from this situation.

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Hotel Amenity Dispensers: The Future is Here

In the world of hospitality, amenities are an important part of a guest’s experience. On a large scale, amenities are viewed as added benefits for a guest. Common inn and hotel amenities include personal care items such as shampoo, conditioner, dental kits, and shower caps. New innovations in the hospitality industry are resulting in personal care amenities being transitioned into dispensers. Many hotel amenity suppliers have traditionally offered mini flip cap bottles that hold shampoo, conditioner, moisturizer, and body wash. They are still being produced in these bottles, but the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash will now be offered in dispensers as well. Essentially, these dispensers will be placed on a wall where the guests will press on the bottom of the dispenser to get it.

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Holiday Cranberry Recipes and Hospitality Ideas

It’s getting to be that time of year again with the holiday season in full swing. We know many innkeepers are super busy right now as they are hosting lots of guests who are getting together and catching up. We know that food preparation is one of the top tasks to make sure you guests find their stay magical. Cranberry flavored-foods are always a nice option to offer to guests around the holidays. We wanted to offer two favorite recipes that members of our InnStyle team like to use around this time of year.

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