HOTEL LIGHTING

In a highly competitive era such as today, hotel owners must find new ways to attract visitors and tourists in order to respond to domestic market pressures and to cope with the increasing competition of neighboring countries.

In recent years, especially as distances have been eroded, competition is expanding globally, so hotels compete in terms of both accommodation costs and quality of service.

The hotel can be part of the professional duties of the guests or a pleasant escape from the routine of everyday life. 

Within this challenging and multifaceted framework, artificial lighting is required to play a similarly demanding role, that of creating the right atmosphere and feelings of comfort, relaxation, calmness, pleasure, and well-being of the guests that are of utmost importance to the character and identity of a good hotel.

The aim should be to create a "bright" hotel where light overcomes the simple need to use and controlled and appropriately designed to surprise positively, address thought, stimulate imagination.

The purpose is to synthesize luminance and color in the observer's overall field of view. Emphasis is not only on the simple projection of a hotel but on a holistic approach that takes into account all the functional, aesthetic and energy saving needs in order to create a quality, comfortable and pleasant space of hospitality.

The technique often used is based on the creation of multiple layers or levels of lighting. Thus, for example, architectural lighting design of a lobby and waiting areas may comprise one or more layers of  recessed lighting ceiling  (downlights), an indirect lighting layer ( 'hidden' lighting mainly LED strips), a layer of decorative illumination ( decorative lights such as chandeliers , table lamps and floor lamps ),         

probably a layer of projections from special equipment on the walls and one or more layers of lighting using color. We can also choose to illuminate the architectural, decorative (eg artwork, glass surfaces) or functional elements (eg the entrance hall, the reception area, etc.) that could benefit greatly from lighting. Here the illumination of the show adds drama to space and increases the visual interest. 

Reception and reception areas

The first impression that the customer creates for the interior of the hotel immediately after passing through the rotating door is particularly important and largely offers a sense of the level of service offered.

Lighting should create a warm and friendly atmosphere, enhance the feeling of enthusiasm for customers and help make it easy to navigate the other areas without the need for countless signs.

Lounges and other communal areas

The modern approach to the illumination of these usually large spaces calls for the creation of dynamic spaces with intense drama in order to enhance the interest and enthusiasm of the customers.

The adoption of new technologies such as LEDs, optical fibers and their creative integration into the architecture and decoration of the space along with the increasing use of color begin to combine to create the desired atmosphere.

Treadmills

The corridors leading to the rooms are often from those transition areas that traditionally lack particular attention to the subject of lighting.

The fact that these areas often do not have any natural light and that they need to be illuminated on a 24-hour basis is of particular importance both in aesthetics and in terms of energy consumption.

An illumination control system could significantly contribute to providing the necessary levels of illumination for different times of the day and to the creation of various lighting 'scenes' capable of switching between light sources.

The selective illumination of the entrance of the rooms either with a wall lamp or with a particular ceiling light or even with bright door figures can add interest especially in conjunction with indirect lighting or decorative pendant luminaires for general lighting of corridors.

Rooms

Here, make your customers feel at home from the moment they arrive by the time they leave, using efficient lighting in the rooms with table, sconces and hanging lights that will offer bright shades similar to the comforts of their home.

The ability to offer the visitor a degree of lighting control has been the subject of a special discussion in recent years, especially by installing lighting in top hotels where the visitor has the ability to change the color and intensity of the room lighting according to his needs. In any case, the logic of installing the lighting control switches in the rooms is very important in terms of comfortable accommodation for visitors.   

Restaurants and bars

Restaurants and bars are primarily social gatherings and for this reason, lighting should gain positive feedback.

Customers of a restaurant or bar need to feel that the lighting is comfortable and convenient, to be able to read the menu with ease and not to face problems.

In addition, lighting should be of interest in the area. 

Visual monotony causes fatigue and boredom. Usually, a single lighting technique is wrongly selected.

The secret is the creation of a series of level-layer lighting so as to achieve visual diversity and interest.

Lighting control

The existence and proper operation of lighting control systems in all hotel rooms are extremely important both for the creation of the desired atmosphere and in terms of energy saving.

In an environment where lighting requirements change over the course of 24 hours,  lighting control systems offer flexibility in the use of spaces as they allow the lighting conditions to be adapted to the different space needs of the room.

 

The modern business travel phenomena, explosive growth in tourism and intense competition have led to a reconsideration of the wishes of customers and services.

This, in turn, has led, on the one hand, to the greatest possible attention to detail and, on the other, to the desire to create authentic spaces.

Inevitably, the illumination of the interior and exterior countries is being reexamined in this new demanding framework with a permanent desire to be incorporated into the architecture and interior decoration, to be more controllable and designed with imagination and originality.