What Every Generation Wants in an Inn: A Guide for Hospitality Property Owners

As generational shifts continue to shape the hospitality industry, understanding what your guests value most based on their age group is essential for staying competitive and driving bookings. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z all have distinct preferences when it comes to travel, especially in the context of staying at boutique inns, bed-and-breakfasts, and smaller hospitality properties. By tailoring your property to meet these diverse needs, you not only enhance the guest experience but also foster stronger guest loyalty and better reviews.

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Creating an Odor-Free Guest Experience with Fresh Wave Products

Hospitality success often hinges on the guest experience, and nothing disrupts a positive stay faster than unpleasant odors. Whether from kitchens, bathrooms, smoking, or high guest turnover, odors can quickly become a recurring issue. That’s why many in the hospitality industry turn to Fresh Wave, a natural solution for eliminating odors without masking them with synthetic fragrances.

Fresh Wave designed its eco-friendly line of odor-eliminating products to be effective and sustainable. The following breakdown explores key products, including the odor-removing gel, soy candle, vacuum beads, and odor-removing sprays, highlighting how they can elevate your property’s ambiance.

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Best Summer Bathroom Amenities for Hospitality

As summer travel ramps up, hospitality properties have an opportunity to make a lasting impression by upgrading their bathroom amenities. The proper selections not only elevate a guest’s stay but also reflect attention to cleanliness, comfort, and thoughtful care. This season, it’s all about offering seasonal, refreshing, and eco-friendly hotel amenities that meet evolving guest expectations, especially after sun-filled days outdoors.

In this guide, we’ll explore the most practical and in-demand bathroom amenities for summer based on expert-backed hospitality trends and industry resources.

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5 Overlooked and Economical Hospitality Products that Increase Guest Satisfaction

Property managers and innkeepers have many roles and responsibilities in order to keep a property running smoothly for its guests. It can be stressful maintaining and ordering hospitality products, preparing meals, and keeping the rooms clean. If you are one who manages a property, have you ever asked yourself what the most important role you have as a manager is? Two common responses are making sure the guest has a pleasant and comfortable experience and managing the cost of doing this. Some common examples might be serving delicious meals, having appropriate amenities like a flat screen television, wifi, and a friendly staff to make the guests feel welcome. This blog will offer five low-cost ideas that can help enhance the overall positive experiences for guests.

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10 Valuable Supplies Bed and Breakfasts Need

If you visit Farmington, New Mexico, you can stay at Kokopelli’s Cave Bed and Breakfast, with rooms that are 70 feet underground.

The Red Caboose Getaway in Sequim, Washington lets you stay in one of six unique luxury train cars and experience the magic of an old-fashioned railway journey.

And at the Out ‘n’ About Treehouse Treesort in Oregon, guests live like the Swiss Family Robinson, in rooms built in treetops towering above the earth.Continue reading →

7 Important Ways Hospitality Properties can Promote Relaxation for Guests

Your establishment may not be looking for a total makeover, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more that can’t be done to help your guests relax. Guests are looking for a memorable and relaxing experience while escaping from their daily routines. They want to check-in, drop their luggage, lay on the bed, and be stress free for the duration of their trip. What else is there that your property can incorporate to make sure guests are getting the ultimate relaxing experience. From offering luxury hotel bathrobes to picking the right furniture, here are some things you can do to let your customers unwind.

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Which Offers More Comfort: A Hotel, B&B or a Vacation Rental?

When the first economy hotels opened years ago, they catered to people whose top priority was price not comfort.

Their clientele were families on a budget, or business travelers moving from town to town and needing little more than a clean bed and bath.

But as time went on, these hotels began to upgrade. They provided free breakfast, bought better bath towels and duvets and – when the time came – began offering free WiFi. That’s why today’s traveler is expecting more, and often getting more for their money.

And it’s not just hotels. InnStyle has been advising their bed and breakfast customers for years that they must step up their game to compete.

B&B and country inn properties have always offered amenities, clean and well-put-together rooms, terrific breakfasts, and concierge services. (Innkeepers are very knowledgeable about their towns).

But as time has passed, hotels have also begun to offer breakfast and some amenities. (Although InnStyle has noticed this doesn’t always extend to bath amenities other then soap & shampoo, unless you ask for them specifically).

So if hotels are offering some of the same comfort amenities as bed and breakfasts, what’s the difference between a hotel and a B&B?

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InnStyle Adds Informational Blog to Their Website

This new InnStyle blog will be offering information and industry tips pertaining to the hospitality industry. With InnStyle’s decades of experience, they hope to create a forum in which both established and up and coming properties including short and long term rentals, bed and breakfasts, lodges, inns, etc can receive helpful tips and information on a vast range of topics surrounding the hospitality industry.

Hospitality Amenities — Whish Amenities Collection

InnStyle offers a wide variety of wholesale supplies including bedding, towels, amenities, lodging accessories, dining linens, and personal protection products. The account managers at InnStyle provide personal service in choosing the right products. Their personal account services have been the trademark of InnStyle for over fifty years. Knowledge, experience and personalized service is the goal of InnStyle’s sales staff. They will be happy to answer your questions and offer their own recommendations based on the needs of your property,

InnStyle, a linens supplier for properties in the hospitality industry, has been servicing the industry since 1952 with their personalized shopping services. For more information visit www.innstyle.com.