Hotel lighting: complete guide to planning

As we have seen, hotel guests expect to receive a good welcome, to relax in the common areas, to have a comfortable and technological room and to be able to use practical and functional work environments.

Your hotel lighting project must ensure the right light in each of the environments to offer the customer a positive experience that motivates him to return.

You can choose LED lights, which allow you to create different atmospheres capable of indulge all the emotional nuances and customize the various environments in a way dynamic.

Furthermore, they lead to a significant reduction in energy consumption, both by their nature, both because they allow you to adjust the intensity of the lighting at various times of the day, always offering an optimal ratio between artificial light and natural light.

The hotel presents itself gradually to the eyes of the customer, who follows a path that follows him gradually leads you to discover the various environments.

In the reception you get a first impression on the hospitality and style of the hotel, therefore the general lighting of the hall must make the reception point recognizable and intuitively outline access to rooms and common areas.

In the corridors, the lighting must be harmonized with the geometry, in fact it can make it seem more high the ceiling, counteract the tunnel effect and make the path more dynamic through the use of horizontal cuts of light that modify the perception of length.

The vertical lighting facilitates the recognition of people and the backlit panels make it easy to recognize the room number.

In the room, the lighting must support the various functions that it normally does plays the guest, such as reading, watching TV, accessing the internet, relaxing, and so on.

To make this possible, it is optimal to use a single command multifunction easily interpretable, so that he can adjust and get it right light level at all times.

We have also seen that the most innovative hotels provide special apps that allow, via smartphone, to open the room and to regulate all electrical services, such as the air conditioning, the intensity and color of the light, the shutters, etc.

In the bathroom, mirror lighting plays a very important role, because it offers the ability to identify every detail well.

In the common areas, the lights must integrate with the architecture and furnishings. How long concerns the relaxation area and the massage area, you must know how to illuminate spaces using sources light with a soft beam and a warm tone, in order to allow guests the maximum level of relaxation, given above all by the sensation of feeling completely a at ease.

The keywords in the complete design of hotel lighting are:

• Diversification
• Digitization
• Style
• Multitasking

Obviously, without ever neglecting comfort, which must be the must element of all accommodation.

In order for the hotel you are planning to become the first choice of customers, you must be able to structure a concept of internal and external light with a unique and functional design for each part of which the hotel is made up.

What remains etched in the guests’ memories is the lighting, because it is the light itself the element capable of deciding the perceptive experience of customers, a fundamental factor for their evaluation of the stay in the hotel.

Outline the concept of the structure and customize it with such imaginative lighting as appropriate, choosing solutions to meet every kind of need: this will result in such a pleasant experience for guests that it will motivate them to come back.

Always keep in mind that each area of ​​the hotel needs specific lighting and functional to the activities to which it has been designated.

Choose luminous bodies to best define the character of the hotel on the outside, and then concentrate on maintaining that stylistic line in each of the interior areas, including the bedrooms.

You can opt for different lamps to integrate in order to create plays of light eye-catching, in order to make the spaces as less static as possible, except for obviously, of the relaxation area.

Since this is the area used for relaxation, the choice of soft lighting and non-dynamic will give guests feelings of tranquility and quiet and will facilitate their more complete relaxation.

That said, if you follow this complete design guide, hotel lighting will help you it will be much simpler: remember the keywords that recall the various ones features we have observed in this article to create a project how much as meticulous as possible.

The innovative trends that differentiate the various hotels are decisive for the type of lighting that you will have to foresee, as it will be the light that enhances the concept diversification of hotels. In this sense, therefore, to understand what kind of hotel it is, what are its characteristic elements and what kind of clientele it intends to communicate to essential for you to create a specific project capable of marrying the vision of your client.

To be able to create a complete project, therefore, you will have to combine in a way strategic all the points seen so far, finding the most suitable way to integrate all features that are sure to make your hotel lighting project a real one success in all its parts, which will result in the success of the accommodation for you commissioned.

Even if the hotel stay is long or short, it is the place that embraces us at the end of a busy day. In this area which is reserved for us, lighting is very important element to make us comfortable.

There are different lighting needs for working, reading and relaxation areas in the room. Therefore, different types of lighting elements should be used together in the room.

For example, task lighting should provide the light required for reading. Task lighting should not create glare and should not disturb the reader.

Double rooms should have separate task lighting for both guests. These lights should be controlled separately. Because when someone reads a book in bright light, the other might want to sleep.

Accent lighting can be used to draw attention to the decoration elements and create a different atmosphere.

Chandeliers or recessed lights can be used in the hotel room for general lighting purposes. For task lighting, lamp shades, table lamps, wall lights can be used. For accent lighting, LED light strips and directional spotlights would be a good choice.

Generally, 150 lux light levels are sufficient in the hotel room and bathroom. In the areas covered by the task lights in the room, 500 lux light level is recommended.

The use of warm white, yellow light sources in the hotel room will have a relaxing effect on your guests. That’s exactly what they need.

In the selection of fixtures to be used for the lighting of the hotel room, the overall design and colors of the room should be taken into consideration. Lighting fixtures to be used in the bathroom of the hotel room must be resistant to water, dust, and moisture. The body must be made of stainless steel material.

Control of the general lighting should be at the entrance of the room. Guests should be able to turn on the lights as soon as they enter the room. The light opened from the room entrance must be turned off with the key on the side of the bed. In this way, the guest does not have to wake up to turn off the lights before going to sleep.

Although comfort in a hotel room comes before energy saving, the savings to be made in this area should not be forgotten. It will be useful to use energy-efficient lighting technologies throughout the room.